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Jury convicts ‘Kai The Hitchhiker’ of first-degree murder

A Union County jury has convicted the man known as “Kai The Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” of first-degree murder in the death of a New Jersey attorney.

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Jury convicts ‘Kai The Hitchhiker’ of first-degree murder

A Union County jury has convicted the man known as “Kai The Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” of first-degree murder in the death of a New Jersey attorney.

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