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🌱 Leeds farmer gets 55 years after victim vanished near Turner.
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- Leeds farmer gets 55 years after victim vanished near Turner.
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📰 News we're reading
• Leeds farmer sentenced to 55 years for 2023 killing (sunjournal.com) — A man last seen in the Turner area in spring 2023 was confirmed murdered, and the Leeds farmer responsible has now been sentenced to 55 years in prison. Investigators say the victim, who often drove back roads for farm hauling work, was shot over an unpaid equipment debt and his body later hidden in a drum and taken to New Hampshire. 
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