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Newspaper Heiress' Body Washes Ashore

Descendant of Detroit News founder committed suicide

Posted Sep 28, 2009 12:49 PM CDT

(Newser) – The body of Anne Morrell Petrillo was pulled from the Hudson River yesterday, three days after the newspaper heiress jumped off the same bridge where her stepfather leapt to his death more than a decade earlier. Petrillo, 38, was descended on her mother’s side... Read full story »

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