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Trial begins for man in Coram chopped-up bodies case

Opening arguments began Tuesday afternoon in the murder trial of a Queens man charged with killing two men over a drug deal gone bad, then chopping up their bodies and burying them in Coram in 2008.

Darren Lynch, 29, of Middle Village, faces first-degree and second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Joseph Odierno, 35, of Miller Place, and Jairo Santos, 22, of Washington Heights, who was...

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