Dupe tricked into jumping on supposed funeral pyre of beloved

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Dupe tricked into jumping on supposed funeral pyre of beloved.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Dupe tricked into killing himself. · view the constellation · filed as K891.4

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