Speech pathologist accused of child sex crimes found dead at his home
Updated at 3:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 A speech pathologist who was scheduled to stand trial on multiple counts of sexually abusing children at Prairie Park Elementary School was found dead at his Lawrence home Thursday morning. The Lawrence Police Department said it responded to the home of ...
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