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Police arrest man in a murder made to look like suicide
 HILLSBORO, Oregon - Joshua David Nicholas was scheduled to be released on Aug. 27 from prison but iInstead , Nicholas was arrested by police and charged with the murder of Lori Fitzgerald, 47, who lived in the 2700 block of Sycamore Court in Forest Grove.

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