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Your ideal possession candidate's a thirteen-year-old recently orphaned schizophrenic girl three days away from her period on her way to see the shrink with whom she's romantically besotted.

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Glen Duncan
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 17
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Glen A. Duncan
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