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Cops: Ex-state police captain stabs wife, kills self

Police are investigating after they say former New York State Police Capt. Tom Phelan stabbed his wife and then killed himself today. Officials say that Phelan stabbed his wife in the neck and then killed

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Cops: Ex-state police captain stabs wife, kills self

Police are investigating after they say former New York State Police Capt. Tom Phelan stabbed his wife and then killed himself today. Officials say that Phelan stabbed his wife in the neck and then killed

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