REQUIEM FOR AN INNOCENT BOY

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Thursday, June 18, 1992

Do you recall the 1990 murder of Brian Watkins, a 22-year-old visitor to New York City? Watkins was a member of a devout Mormon family from Utah that had come east to attend a tennis tournament. Watkins was set upon by a pack of savage muggers intent on robbing them in a train station. As his family watched in horror, Brian was stabbed to death.

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