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Former firefighter's death ruled a homicide

Officials have ruled the death of a retired firefighter in Irvington a homicide. An autopsy showed that 88-year-old Donald Dreher was suffocated. His body was found March 22 after police were called

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Mar 25, 2015, 10:42 AM

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