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Community mourns woman killed by lion in South Africa

Family and friends gathered Saturday at the Graham Funeral Home for a service for the young woman from Rye who was mauled to death this week by a lion in South Africa. Katherine Chappell, a 29-year-old

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Jun 7, 2015, 1:46 AM

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Updated 3950 days ago

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