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Teenager in canal `was murdered'

Thursday 04 February 1999 00:02 GMT
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Teenager in canal `was murdered'

THE DEATH of a 16-year-old schoolboy whose body was found in a canal is being treated as murder, police said. Divers found the body of George Mortimer on Tuesday at Exminster Marshes, less than a mile from his home in Exeter, Devon. Two men were being questioned last night.

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