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A A A Comments By Charles Siderius Thursday, Jul 27 2000

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Ada Dixon, a woman with kind eyes and a devotion to religion, surely isn't a criminal. She just wants to talk to her son.

"We want to talk to our loved ones, you know...I love to talk to him and try to give him some encouraging words," she said. "He needs somebody to talk to."

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