The Gruesome Murder Of Mitch Lewis

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After months of an unfruitful those for responsible for the gruesome murder at Mitch Lewis’ California home that claimed the lives of four, including a five-year old boy, police have finally arrested a group of young vagabonds. The police descended on their tent encampment in Panamint Springs this morning and took several suspects into custody including a musician named Russell who Lewis previously claimed to be harassing him, a jumble of disheveled, teenage girls, and one young man. A few malnourished and lice-riddled toddlers, who are thought to belong to the girls, were also found at the encampment and were promptly taken in by Social Services. Police took interest in the cult-like group when one of the members, an eighteen year old named

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