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US to Deport Captured 'Pumpkin' Fugitive

Will face murder charges in N. Zealand

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 1, 2008 4:10 PM CST

(Newser) – A murder suspect caught in a Georgia apartment complex after a months-long manhunt will be promptly deported to New Zealand, BBC reports. Nai Yin Xue, accused of killing his wife in New Zealand and abandoning his toddler daughter—dubbed 'Pumpkin'—in an Australia train station,... Read full story »

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