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The shooting and robbery left three people dead, and one person survived with life-altering injuries that left them permanently disabled. The deceased victims were Neil
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That early morning robbery and shooting was committed by three young men, with one of them, Derek Wood, working for that McDonald's restaurant. They were arrested about a week later and all were convicted by the end of 1993 in separate trials. Today both
Freeman Daniel MacNeil and Darren Muise are
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