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New Orleans Murder Suspect Commits Suicide
A man sought by New Orleans police as a suspect in the stabbing death of his father, Robert Rider Sr., last week committed suicide yesterday at the end of a slow speed chase. Robert Rider Jr. was pronounced dead at a local hospital not long after shooting himself in the head in the Lakeview area of the city.
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