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Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night

Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night

Date7/27/1986
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  • Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River; near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night.
  • Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
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Original Toronto Star caption: Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River; near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night.
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0121709F
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