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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Daughter held in mom's stabbing death

Whitney Hodgin whodgin@themercury.com

An 88-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her daughter Tuesday night in Manhattan.

Diane Rene Washam, 45, of 2814 Illinois Rd., was arrested shortly after 10 p.m. on a charge of second degree murder related to the death of her mother, June J. Smith. She is being held in the Riley County Jail on $100,000 bond, according to a news release from the Riley County Police Department.

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Greg Lund, an employee with the Riley County Parks Department, uses a front end loader to scoop up wood shavings in Hulburt Hall Tuesday morning as crews work to clean up after the Riley County Fair. The wood shavings are given away to anyone who wants them, and are used to landscape around flower beds and trees in area parks or as compost. Staff photo by Michael Schweitzer

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