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Warrant issued for 16-year-old neighbor in stray-bullet killing of Zion mother while inside her home

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Posted November 10, 2021

The Lake County Major Crime Task Force said Wednesday that a first-degree murder warrant has been issued for a 16-year-old boy in the death of Melanie Yates.

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