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Killer sentenced to 70 years in Virginia cold case murder

More than three decades after a young mother was stabbed to death in her Springfield, Virginia, home with her toddler nearby in her crib, her killer was sentenced to the maximum 70 years in prison. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports. 

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