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Newlyweds, a money transfer, and two trials.
In the Spring of 2000 22-year-old Sparkle Rai was a newlywed with a 7 month old baby girl.
On April 26th, her husband, Ricky came home from work to a nightmare. Sparkle had been brutally murdered in their apartment in Union City, Georgia.
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