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Davis Gets New Lawyer, Quits Defending Himself

Leon Davis, accused in Polk County's deadliest murder rampage, got a new lawyer Thursday and abandoned defending himself against five counts of murder. READ MORE

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Information with photos on page B3 on Wednesday misidentified the speaker in the top photo as Melanie Wood. The subject was actually Lissette Velasquez, who was speaking as a Fancelli Family Future Leaders Elementary Scholarship recipient at Polk Community College.
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