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NATIONAL NEWS: Killed for his takkies and leather jacket

An innocent young man was killed for his takkies and leather jacket in Copesville recently.

24-year-old Michael Thomas was killed last week when he was stabbed to death in his neck for his leather jacket and white takkies.

The three suspects hid behind bushes when the victim and his friend walked past. They stabbed him in the neck and thigh, stripping him of his clothes and then disappeared into the bushes again.

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