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Jul 3 2008, AP

Relatives of an 8-year-old girl found raped and slain in an abandoned home said Thursday that the young teenager accused of the crime was like a member of the family.

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This Jan. 23, 2007 file photo shows two crosses in the front yard of Arthur and Rita Bixby’s Abbeville, S.C., home, where Sheriff’s Sgt. Danny Wilson and state constable Donnie Ouzts were shot in December 2003. Prosecutors said Tuesday, July 22, 2008,...