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Murder charges in deaths of LI mom, tot

Originally published: February 21, 2012 12:20 PM
Updated: February 21, 2012 10:05 PM
By ANDREW SMITH andrew.smith@newsday.com

Jerry A. Lewis, 24, was arraigned in the Dec. 23 2011 deaths of Shakeela Planter and her 2-year-old son, Jaiden. News12 (Feb. 21, 2012)

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No one had any warning that a North Bay Shore man was about to create "an almost unimaginable scene of horror" as he killed his former girlfriend and her toddler son before fleeing to his mother's home in Maryland, a Suffolk prosecutor said Tuesday at the man's arraignment.

Jerry A. Lewis, 24, is accused of stabbing Shakeela Planter, 21, numerous times in the head and neck, and beating to...

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