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https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6367593
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/nyregion/21plumb.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/family-man-killed-bias-slay-mourns-loss-article-1.228692
http://gomag.com/article/sentences_issued_in_micha/
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2006/10/16/gay-bashing-victim-dies/
https://www.kcbd.com/2021/06/24/3-texas-men-sentenced-using-grindr-target-gay-men-violent-crimes/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/us/daniel-jenkins-gay-men-target-texas.html
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/courts/article_24b0b916-98de-11ec-b7e0-978be856a720.html
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