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Murdered: Lisa, Zachary and Savannah Freiberg
Created on May 13th, 2008 by impqueen now with 6,349 views
Tags: Barbara Freiberg, Edward Allen Covington, Familicide, Heather Savannah Freiberg, Keith, Lisa Freiberg, Murder, Torture, Zachary Freiberg
Category Child murder| Familicide| Murder| Stabbing| Torture |
122 responses so far ↓
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Rob Taylor
May 13, 2008 at 8:32 am -Hiding in a closet while your old lady and her kids get tortured to death is almost worse than being the murderer. Almost.
This isn’t the first time I’ve heard of some dude saving his own ass while a woman/children get assaulted or killed. I guess we Americans are going soft.
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Kathy
May 13, 2008 at 8:34 am -Absolutely horrible.
Reading this has actually caused me a bit of chest pain and the beginnings of an anxiety attack. The fact that there is someone in this world capable of such brutality is beyond my comprehension.
This is one story, no matter what the outcome, that will stick with me forever I’m sure.
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thepooh5
May 13, 2008 at 9:11 am -Are you shitting me? Well, I don’t think being a chickenshit is breaking any laws - but damn. DAMN DAMN AND DOUBLE DAMN!! I could not hide while anyone was killing children. Granted, I would have probably been killed, too - but still to hide and listen to all of that without raising a hand. Unfathomable. Even if he didn’t care enough about the woman to risk his life - what about the children? I don’t care whose child it is, if they are being attacked - I’m in the fight, to protect them, even if I might die.
Me too, Kathy. This is right up there with Benjamin and Rowan. When I read how the children were mutilated, I almost hurled and did/am crying. WTH? I hate a number of people and WISH them dead and I believe there are people that just need killing, but to not only kill the children but to mutilate them to where they could not identified through the usuaul process, well - I don’t have words…………………..
Got to get a tissue
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What Would Satan Do
May 13, 2008 at 9:30 am -They killed the DOG?!?!
OK, now I’m pissed, that’s just Wrong!!!
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 9:34 am -Just the little bits I’ve been able to eke out of the media are bad enough. The stuff I’m getting from less than perfect sources is just heinous.
I might really need to get out and grab a little air.
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thepooh5
May 13, 2008 at 9:53 am -Will this be info you can share?
Good, Lord. I pray the first blow, stab, cut - what have you - was the fatal one for those poor children and the mom. I pray they did not have to suffer during the whole ordeal. Just too sad.
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silvahalo68
May 13, 2008 at 9:54 am -Again a most heinous and evil act. It sickens me. I don’t think my mind can fully wrap itself around this right now. It just so awful…so incredibly evil. This person does not deserve to even breath the same air we all breath. Death to the bastard who did this.
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mom of 4
May 13, 2008 at 10:07 am -Oh imp please do! Just the resident psychologist here suggesting you mix in some cute puppies and babies with the information you are getting on this case. I think the site Swivel had here http://www.thecuteproject.com/ might be just the thing you need to keep open in the background today. This case is beyond heinous and whoever did this is not human!
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 10:09 am -Please don’t share Imp, I don’t think I can handle much more
I cant believe this happened in Florida, they need to catch this person right now. Something about the guy seems really suspicious to me. I cant help thinking that if he were a witness and not the murderer, it would have been established already.
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 10:12 am -Nevermind. This is even scarier, this person is still out there.
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 10:22 am -He said she had recently got a promotion at work, and, “She thought life was going well.”
I read somewhere that the boyfriend, presumably the guy in the closet, was a former correctional officer. I don’t want to prejudge, but the thought of him cowering in the closet while those babies were murdered sickens me. And I dont get when this happened. It was already morning when the grandma found the bodies, what was he still doing in the closet? Wouldnt he have run out for help after the killer/s left???
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Becca
May 13, 2008 at 10:24 am -3 and 4, or 2 and 7..doesn’t matter really. How something can mutilate children of any age to the point they cannot be identified is just..mind boggling to me. Even my naturally curious brain doesn’t want to know all the details on this one.
p.s. for the scumsucker who hid in the closet and did nothing? Suicide, motherfucker, and fast.
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carol13
May 13, 2008 at 10:27 am -I’m with you pooh, this turned my stomach. I would not excuse an adult being murdered in this fashion, but there is a special kind of evil for someone who does this to children. Poor grandma, her life is destroyed, those images will haunt her for eternity. I hope they catch this person soon, WTF is in the water in Florida, seems like I see a lot of stories out of there.
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Peeperann
May 13, 2008 at 10:32 am -OMG! I can’t even breathe, fuck, fuck, fuck!!! I’ve never been more horrified in my life! I can’t begin to think of what they had to go thru. Those poor babies and their mother. This was definately a rage killing. How could any human being do this????? Not human is the answer, a complete monster. I will pray for the family.
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 10:32 am -Also, Imp must have some inside info, because I can’t seem to find much on Google on this. Unless I missed some other search engine, I cant find any of these details about the mutilation and such anywhere.
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Not So Speechless
May 13, 2008 at 10:40 am -I must admit I am almost speechless here. What on earth could this woman and her babies do to enrage someone so?
Perhaps an ex? I truly hope this monster is captured and pays with his life.
Oh, man, the thought their final minutes is making me sick.
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 10:58 am -I can’t always reveal my sources, but a lot of the same information is in our forums, although there it’s through a hazy source. I’ve been able to do some checking elsewhere.
I’m withholding some of the info I have received until I can verify it, but I’m confident in the bit I posted. There are some rumors flying out there I won’t use because I think they’re speculation for now. I’m hoping for more concrete details later in the day.
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 11:30 am -Thanks Imp, keep us posted
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tray-bay-bay
May 13, 2008 at 11:32 am -Holy crap! You mean this poor mom and her kids may have suffered worse torture than you’ve reported so far?!? That just makes me sick to my stomach!
I agree Carol that there seems to be a lot of sickos in FL and here in MO where I am. Just sickening and terrifying!
I think I need to go hug my little girls and thank God they’re still here with me. This poor, poor, grandmother. I just cannot imagine finding this. Uggghh!
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thepooh5
May 13, 2008 at 11:41 am -Thanks, Imp. That is one of the things that drew me back to this site, (before it became an addiction
), the desire for verifiable facts. Once in a while, something may be a little off, but even if it is, its always an honest mistake and always corrected as soon as it has been pointed out to management.
Thanks, again and post what you can when you can.
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eyezblue
May 13, 2008 at 12:02 pm -This is one of the most horrible stories I have read on The Dreamin Demon.Every day it gets harder & harder for me to read these stories,but I always come back.I feel so upset & sick .I could not help but start to cry for this family.Now I am angry,I really cant wait to see this sick,sick fuck suffer.I really hope that they find him.Im out of words.
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Chrissey
May 13, 2008 at 12:11 pm -Maybe whoever did this was going after HIM? When they didn’t find him, they tortured that poor woman and those beautiful kids? I come from a law enforcement family. There were a couple times when my mom, brother, sister and I had to go into “hiding” because of threats made against my father. Being a correctional officer, he probably had a lot of enemies.
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm -I have a gut feeling that’s not the case, this has just too much rage. It had to be someone involved with the mother. Your theory makes sense, just something tells me it’s personal with the mom. Could be wrong though
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 12:22 pm -I think this is a new article:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com.....6602.story
“Cops question man found…..”
EDIT: Nevermind, looks to be no new info. Sorry guys. I am desperate to find something on this. Poor family, jesus christ, this is unreal
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 12:25 pm -THIS does seem to be new:
http://www2.tbo.com/content/20.....-they-did/
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ashdavus
May 13, 2008 at 12:27 pm -Perhaps it was a deranged coworker who thought they deserved the promotion SHE got…..
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 12:30 pm -“Other neighbors said it wasn’t always a happy home. “We hear a lot of yelling coming from there,” Kelly Baum said. She said she was a casual acquaintance of Freiberg’s, the kind of neighbor who would wave when they passed each other but not close friends.
Baum was smoking a cigarette about 5 p.m. Sunday when she saw Freiberg alone in her truck, heading home. Within five minutes, Baum said, she heard yelling and screaming and what sounded like something heavy being thrown inside the mobile home.
Baum said she stood on her picnic table to look over the fence but couldn’t see inside the house. She said the screaming stopped before she finished her cigarette and that she didn’t think about it again until she saw Freiberg’s mother running out of the mobile home about 11:30 a.m. Monday, crying, “Oh, my God, my daughter’s dead.”
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 12:32 pm -Is it just me, or is this pointing more and more to the boyfriend? I mean, like I said before, wouldnt you run out and scream for help after you hear the murderer leave? Or would you sit in the closet for who knows how long? Does anyone else think he waited there on purpose, to play the role of a traumatized witness?
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ashdavus
May 13, 2008 at 12:36 pm -It’s certainly possible. It will be inbteresting to see what information comes from toxicology reports and such. Did anyone see lights on in the home Sunday night, hear a shower running through an open window, smell anyone burning trash(bloody clothing).
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 12:36 pm -“Suspect Or Survivor?
The man who was taken out of the house Monday remains a mystery.
“I can say that Hillsborough sheriff’s deputies did transport a white male from the scene to the … [University Community Hospital] emergency room,” said hospital spokesman Will Darnell late Monday afternoon.
By 6 p.m., the man was still being evaluated, Darnell said. He was under guard.
When asked whether the man was a suspect or survivor, Gee said, “We’re looking at everything right now.”
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solange822001
May 13, 2008 at 12:37 pm -Good questions Ash
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winsomelosesome
May 13, 2008 at 12:44 pm -Boy, this story has pulled me back from lurking mode. I’m horrified. I am also starting to suspect something is up with the boyfriend. Except where were his bloody clothes? I hope the real story comes out soon.
The little boy is my son’s age. I cannot get my head around this. Who could do such a thing? Fucking monsters. And I tell my son there are no such thing as monsters.
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Barbara
May 13, 2008 at 1:09 pm -Could one person possibly do this? How terrible.
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Morbid
May 13, 2008 at 1:19 pm -Sure. Especially if the actual killings took place while they were sleeping. The mutilation would have come after all three were dead.
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Chrissey
May 13, 2008 at 1:20 pm -The news article said he was being visited by his parole officer because of DUI and drug convictions…maybe he was using and/or high when she came home? I’ve heard that some people whacked out on drugs can do some pretty sick things. And, if he took the mother out first, it wouldn’t be too difficult to subdue kids of that age. Might be why the dog was killed, too…trying to protect it’s owners?
Just trying to get my head around some of this. It just sickens me.
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 1:27 pm -i’m very interested in the boyfriend’s lack of clothing. I’m kinda wondering where his clothes are. Surely he wore something TO the house.
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Chrissey
May 13, 2008 at 1:32 pm -Very good question. But, if it happened during the night, he might have been in bed asleep - no clothes on that way. Personally, I’m leaning more toward him having something to do with it than being a ‘traumatized victim.’
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 1:41 pm -One source says Lisa Freiberg was beaten up last week. Makes the boyfriend look a little more likely as a suspect, I think.
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Chrissey
May 13, 2008 at 2:03 pm -Yes, that definitely changes the look of things! Keep us posted (I know you will)
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thepooh5
May 13, 2008 at 2:15 pm -In the article, it stated the neighbor heard a loud thump around 5:00 pm Sunday. It also states, cops were not on the scene until after 10:30 am Monday morning. I have to change my original opinion.
I first thought the man was just a yellow, chickenshit bastard. Now, he’s looking pretty bad. How in the hell could he have listened and not come out of hiding? How in the hell could he stay in a closet that long? And, why did he get lead out in boxers? Is he accustomed to running aroung like that in front of the children - it was early evening on the last sounds of the disturbance?
It appears to me, that he had all kinds of time to commit this crime, clean himself up, dispose of his clothes, and carry out his plan - to look like the traumatized victim. I guess better to appear a chickenshit than a murderer.
I’m hoping “time of death” will give us a better clue about the “coward”. Did any neighbors report seeing the boyfriend leave home or returning to the residence on Sunday? Was he at home all day with the children?
After reading more about this, I’m thinking:
1)mom is at work
2)POS boyfriend babysitting the children
3)rapes or harms one or both children
4)reads DD and knows the bathtub or furniture stories won’t work
5)forms different better plan
6)horribly mutilates children
7)waits for mom to come home and kill her
8)cleans up and dispose of clothing
9)hide like little bitch and wait to be “saved”
Right now, without any blood evidence on him, he doesn’t even qualify as a witness - he was hiding. I mean if the scene is as bad as described, I don’t see how you could have been at any vantage point to witness anything without some sort of blood evidence getting splashed, splattered, cast off - what have you, being on the witness.
He looks guilty as hell from here. However, it is quite possible that he is the biggest chickenshit to date. Sad, but possible. I guess the part of him being in his boxers trips my trigger. If he ran and hid when the attack started, he was dressed in boxers, in the middle of the day, if front of kids. Its quite plausable that he committed these crimes and was just getting everything cleaned up, knew the grandmothers habits, and didn’t have enough time to get clean clothes back on before having to retreat to the closet to play victim. Had the grandmother not came by when she did, say 2 hours later, there could have been a different version of what happened.
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 2:20 pm -Edward Allen Covington:
Covington is the guy who lived in the house with Lisa Freiberg and her kids. He is the likely boyfriend and also the likely closet-guy. Covington is a former DOC officer who is now on probation for felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor DUI. A probation officer visited him at the Freiberg home on Saturday.
Hmmm.
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Chrissey
May 13, 2008 at 2:26 pm -Sounds plausible to me. But….
One of the stories said that the little boy was just inside the front door. I don’t know how the mom could have come home, seen that, and not made it back outside screaming for help. Ya know?
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 2:33 pm -I like Edward Covington for this. He has shark eyes - nothing going on behind ‘em but the mean.
I also like the idea that he was cleaning up and was nearly caught - but with witnesses and Barbara Freiberg screaming, he hid rather than kill her, too. That’s just my current idea.
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Mandella
May 13, 2008 at 2:38 pm -This just makes me fucking SICK.
I seriously can’t fathom. I have no words.
If this man is guilty, why didn’t he just run? Or better yet - why didn’t he just rid the world of himself as well? It just seems really weird to hang around the scene of the crime if you committed the crime…..
I dunno. To be a coward, witnessing the murder and mutilation of your girlfriend AND HER CHILDREN, is pretty fucking bad.
But to actually commit this crime? I shudder to think….
Monsters do exist. And they come out in the daytime, too.
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reeseshaven
May 13, 2008 at 2:38 pm -http://blogs.tampabay.com/brea.....-rele.html
this article talks about his father walking in after he mutalated 3 cats…. this isn’t looking good
In his kitchen, police found three dead cats in a bloody scene. According to the report, “The cats appeared to be mutilated and deformed.”
It appeared Covington had slammed one cat into the kitchen sink, fracturing the animal’s skull, according to the report. The case was never prosecuted, according to the police report. It was unclear why.
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HeatherLeann
May 13, 2008 at 2:54 pm -I fucking hope so. This is why I feel that sometimes the death penalty isn’t enough. Cruel and unusual punishment should be okay in situations like this.
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 2:57 pm -Updated the article with newer information -
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Morbid
May 13, 2008 at 3:02 pm -I loved this part of the article linked above:
Inside the home, police found Edward Covington on the floor of his living room. “I don’t want to die like this,” he told an officer, crying, according to a police report. Covington was Baker-Acted and taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital.
In his kitchen, police found three dead cats in a bloody scene. According to the report, “The cats appeared to be mutilated and deformed.”
It appeared Covington had slammed one cat into the kitchen sink, fracturing the animal’s skull, according to the report. The case was never prosecuted, according to the police report. It was unclear why.
Yeah, this guy seemed stable.
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skeptical
May 13, 2008 at 3:08 pm -I think your right Imp. This guy just has that glazed over, I am an evil MOFO look to him. It’s sickening.
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Miss. Hill
May 13, 2008 at 3:16 pm -When I first read this I totally thought the boyfriend part was odd, but I figured what the hell do I know!
How could they originally not suspect him he looks like a freakin psycho!
This is a devastating, horrific tragedy, scary that there are sickos like this!
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winsomelosesome
May 13, 2008 at 3:16 pm -I’m dying inside thinking of those poor babies left alone with this monster. So the scenario, we think, is she came in from working on Saturday night and probably discovered dead, mutilated children? *stomach hurts*
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Barbara
May 13, 2008 at 3:16 pm -I think this is his myspace page.
http://profile.myspace.com/ind.....=209591674
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catlady
May 13, 2008 at 3:18 pm -You have to wonder if things would have been different if he had been prosecuted. It is astounding to me that he wasn’t and someone definitely has some ’splainin’ to do. My guess is he was in a meth frenzy and did all this while under the influence. I think that this is exactly what happened in the current case as well.
I don’t know how many have seen or remember this, but awhile back there was a story of a couple that did meth and killed the woman’s boyfriend, then decapitated him, cut off his penis and stuck it in his mouth, then took photos. They got caught because they brought the photos to a store to be developed and police were notified when the images appeared. The gruesome photos have been posted on various places on the internet.
When I read this story about this poor family, that story immediately came to mind. People on meth do freakin’ crazy things and my money is on the boyfriend being a meth addict.
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Not So Speechless
May 13, 2008 at 3:20 pm -I’ll bet she had no idea the cat event even happened. Damned crazy murdering bastard.
If I am ever in need of a new man I will not go lookin’ on the inter-webs.
Just sayin’
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thepooh5
May 13, 2008 at 3:31 pm -That could have been the initial disturbance before the “loud thump”. If I had done this and had planned on killing her, too, I would have been waiting at the door to grab her as soon as she stepped within reach to make sure she couldn’t call for help.
What you say makes sense, but if I saw my child like that, I’d probably scream, but I know I would RUN TO HIM not back outside, never aware of my surroundings. And, if I had saw my son like that, my next thought would have been to find my other child. I can totally see her freaking over the little boy and running to him and then looking for her other child - before running away or thinking to call 911. I honestly believe that I would have either been holding the first child I found or I would be running around crazy, looking for my second child. Calling for help would not have entered my mind within the first couple of minutes and if he was waiting on her to get home, she probably never saw him coming.
And further on that, until its proven the children were killed first - (that was just my therory about the children being harmed first, in my 9 point scenario), the little boy could have been trying to get out of the door during the other murders and that just happens to be where this POS caught him.
Imp, do you or anyone else have any type of time line or time of deaths. I suppose its too early in the investigation for that type of information, but I do think it will be key.
At first, I thought he was the biggest coward known to mankind - but I’m almost sure he’s the guilty party. If he had got his clothes back on and was hiding - maybe. The boxers just ruined the story.
This man had time to plan and I just think, in my gut, he was waiting for her and she never had a chance to call out for help, much less dial 911.
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 3:32 pm -Barbara, you think right.
http://www.myspace.com/eddiecovington
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impqueen
May 13, 2008 at 3:34 pm -