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ABC NEWS INVESTIGATION: Parents of Slain Volunteer Say Peace Corps Error Led to Murder
Whistleblower's name revealed to suspect accused of sexually abusing children.
By ANNA SCHECTER and BRIAN ROSS
Jan. 14, 2011
The family of a 24-year old Peace Corps volunteer from Atlanta, Kate Puzey, says agency personnel set her up to be murdered by revealing her role in the dismissal of an employee she accused of sexually abusing children at a school in the African country of Benin. The young woman was found with her throat slit shortly... [continue]
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