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Cops probe mind of boyfriend in NYU slay

He killed her out of obsession -- then said he couldn't live without her.

That, police sources said, sums up the combustible relationship between young lovers from opposite worlds -- Boitumelo McCallum, the daughter of two professors, and Michael Cordero, who grew up working class and is now charged with murdering her.

Cordero, 23, had been hiding out since police say he killed McCallum,...

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