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Prosecutor says boy was dead at least 3 hours

Court Officer Eddy Dourdan in Dorchester District Court stood by Corinne N. Stephen, who was being arraigned in the death of 4-year-old Dontel Jeffers.
Court Officer Eddy Dourdan in Dorchester District Court stood by Corinne N. Stephen, who was being arraigned in the death of 4-year-old Dontel Jeffers. (Globe Staff Photo / Tom Landers) Globe Staff Photo / Tom Landers
By John Ellement
Globe Staff / July 2, 2005

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A 4-year-old Dorchester boy had been dead for as long as three hours when his foster mother drove him to a hospital emergency room, and one of her relatives may have tampered with evidence in the child's home, a prosecutor said yesterday. (Full article: 1055 words)

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