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I am the Executioner. Murder someone in my town, and I’m the one that you get to see. Once.

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Laurell K. Hamilton
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 19
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Heber Springs
Arkansas
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
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