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May 14, 2003

Using Vigilante Tipsters Raises Questions

By Susan McRae Nevada Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - One day in 2000, Capt. Kevin Murphy of the Montgomery, Ala., Police Department received an urgent e-mail, warning of a child molester who was torturing a 5-year-old girl, either his own daughter or a child he had kidnapped.

By Susan McRae
Nevada Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - One day in 2000, Capt. Kevin Murphy of the Montgomery, Ala., Police Department received an urgent e-mail, warning of a child molester who was torturing a 5-year-old girl, either his own daughter or a child he had kidnapped.
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