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Body found in L.A. County flood control channel identified as young girl
KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles and KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedBody found in L.A. County flood control channel identified as young girl.
The headline splitKTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) frames it as "Body found in L.A. County flood control channel identified as young girl". KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles frames it as "Two bodies, including young girl, found along Dominguez Channel in Carson".
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Body found in L.A. County flood control channel identified as young girl
A report released by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the body recovered from the Dominguez Channel in Carson earlier this week as that of a girl believed to be b...
