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Here are some of our top stories this week:

A grandfather shot and killed by deputies as he tries to strike out against the man who killed his grandchildren in a fiery car crash. 

A Texas mother is arrested after police find her 7-year-old daughter locked in a closet and starving, leading to the discovery that another daughter has been missing for seven years

A missing toddler, Alabama officials believe is 'missing' no more. Little Kahleb Collins remains have been unearthed in a backyard fire pit of the family home

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