Leonore stood listening, her hand resting on the picture frame, wondering whether that was how murder travels now.
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1. Associated Press, “Interviews with Leonore Burnley,” reporting on her son’s death and the absence of recovered remains.
2. Washington Post, “Eyewitness Accounts of Maritime Strikes,” detailing fishermen’s descriptions of explosions off Venezuela’s coast.
3. Reuters, “Trump Says Boat Strikes ‘Saved 25,000 American Lives,’” covering presidential remarks on the maritime raids.
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