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Mary Maloney Murder
It’s getting towards that time where your husband, the one you love comes home, only to tell you he’s leaving you, to soon be dead by the one that loves him. Mary Maloney immediately and intentionally took action to commit the murder of Patrick Maloney. Due to him telling Mary that he was leaving her for another woman. After being told the news Mary goes down stairs to get meat for dinner pulling out the weapon, then returning up stair were she soon kills Patrick Maloney. Mary Maloney is guilty of second degree murder. After, being told the news Mary decided to get her mind of the news by making Patrick dinner. To only head downstairs to their freezer and pulled out the leg of lamb which would soon be her murder weapon. Immediately taking
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