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Bell, 21, of Chicago Heights, is charged with murder in the May 2025 death of Kevin M. Miller Jr., 26, of Dolton.

Josiah Salaz, with the Santa Fe National Forest, starts fires in piles of tree limbs on the Cuba Ranger District on Friday.

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