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Police: Slain teen shot by father in Virginia was from Long Island

Police say Vanessa Zaman, a recent Amityville High School graduate, was shot and killed last week by her father, along with her 18-year-old cousin, in Virginia.

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Dec 20, 2018, 11:49 AM

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