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Friday, March 16, 2007

Resolute life taken at rest stop - Philadelphia Inquirer
A former Soviet dissident, 75, was beaten by a stranger who police say may have been delusional.
A 75-year-old man who was beaten to death by a stranger at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop ... was an art dealer who had survived 11 years as a Soviet political prisoner, officials said.
Brian K. White, 26, of Humble, Texas, is accused of bashing Makarenko repeatedly in the head with a rock...
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For [the dissident] Makarenko, it was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
According to officials, he and Burnside stopped at the James Fenimore Cooper Service Plaza to use the facilities. ... About 12:45 a.m., White approached the victim and asked whether he wanted to buy religious CDs, State Police Troop D Commander Mary Beth Mahlmann said. Makarenko said he did not.
White then allegedly picked up a rock and beat Makarenko repeatedly on the head ...

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