Man waits until obituary to admit crime
A US man confessed in his obituary that he'd stolen a safe.
Val Patterson wrote the piece last year before his death from throat cancer aged 59 last week, and he admitted a number of indiscretions.
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185 OFFERA US man confessed in his obituary that he'd stolen a safe.
Val Patterson wrote the piece last year before his death from throat cancer aged 59 last week, and he admitted a number of indiscretions.
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