Tipster charged with murder after police say anonymous call helped solve 30-year disappearance
Christopher Popps allegedly sent multiple anonymous tips confessing to the 1993 killing of Patrick Orville Dearth before troopers traced them back to him.
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What happenedChristopher Popps allegedly sent multiple anonymous tips confessing to the 1993 killing of Patrick Orville Dearth before troopers traced them back to him.
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Right / center-rightTipster charged with murder after police say anonymous call helped solve 30-year disappearance
Tipster charged with murder after police say anonymous call helped solve 30-year disappearance
Christopher Popps allegedly sent multiple anonymous tips confessing to the 1993 killing of Patrick Orville Dearth before troopers traced them back to him.
