As We Laugh
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a clip from The Seattle Times on March 20th, 2013:
Local resident seventeen year old Amanda Kinney was found dead in her downtown house on March 16th, 2013. Experts have named it a suicide, and have come to the conclusion that her death was caused by an overdose on heart pills. Amanda's friends and family mourn the loss of this bubbly, straight A student, and interviews with her parents can be read on page 7. Amanda's lifelong best friend, Karlie Klemmer, can not be reached by our reporters at this time.
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