Police Twitter campaign helps lay trap for 11-year-old girl's killer
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Police Twitter campaign helps lay trap for 11-year-old girl's killer
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Police Twitter campaign helps lay trap for 11-year-old girl's killer
The unsolved murder of Linda O'Keefe baffled investigators for nearly 45 years – could telling her story on social media help solve the case?
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Joy Oladokun performs "Sunday”
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Joy Oladokun performs "If You Got A Problem”
Singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun joins Saturday Sessions. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she grew up in Arizona, inspired to take up guitar at the age of ten after seeing Tracy Chapman's iconic performance at a Nelson Mandela tribute. Eventually, she headed to Nashville and chased her own dreams of recording an album. From her album "In Defense of My Own Happiness," Joy Oladokun performs "If You Got A Problem.”
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Police Twitter campaign helps lay trap for 11-year-old girl's killer
The unsolved murder of Linda O'Keefe baffled investigators for nearly 45 years – could telling her story on social media help solve the case?
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The union head said half of the workforce could not show up to work if they are punished for not complying.
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