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Swimmer's wife: Husband staged his death, stepson was in on it

The wife of a Massapequa man that vanished from Jones Beach says her husband Raymond Roth staged his own death and believes her stepson Jonathan was in on it. Evana Roth revealed the shocking details

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Aug 3, 2012, 6:37 PM

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