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On the way to their car, the detectives saw a woman running across the lawn shouting, “Wait a minute, I want to talk to you.”
The detective waited and asked, “How can we help you?”
“I’m Gloria Wilson. The other day, I saw Katherine. She’d been crying. When I asked what was wrong, all she would say was her daughter broke her heart. Katherine loved to brag about her fabulous relationship with her daughter, but recently something changed.”
“Did she say what it was?” He asked, writing down everything she said.
“Apparently, something happened in a motel room recently resulting in an argument, Marlene was angry and said, she would see her mother in her grave if she caused trouble in her marriage. I was going to the store and planned to talk to

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