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The Tennessee Star also reported those records may lend support to statements Hale’s parents made to Metro Nashville Police Department detectives shortly after the shooting.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Rob and Michele’s youngest son Nick was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and taken into custody shortly after the couple was pronounced dead.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
The unidentified men who were riding north crashed shortly after noon near mile marker six, highway patrol said.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Her back problems began shortly after her family moved from New York in 1995.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Rob and Michele’s youngest son Nick was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and taken into custody shortly after the couple was pronounced dead.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
The unidentified men who were riding north crashed shortly after noon near mile marker six, highway patrol said.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Her back problems began shortly after her family moved from New York in 1995.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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