Violence is used to enforce discipline, and those accused of theft or rule violations may be executed or disappeared.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
In 2022, six weeks after a new police commissioner formed the Gilgo Beach task force, detectives identified Heuermann as a suspect by using a vehicle registration database to connect him to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010.
But then concerns about animal welfare rose, and the acute public-health risks faded.
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Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
The plot wasn’t far off, as so many once bustling towns — like the fictional Radiator Springs — nearly faded away after being bypassed by an interstate.
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Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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