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NYC man who butchered his own mother used machete and then tried to run into the ocean: prosecutors
Amel Crawford used a machete to fatally stab his mother in NYC and then attempted to flee by running into the ocean at Rockaway beach. Prosecutors described the incident as a violent act followed by an escape attempt.
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