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    Teenage girl is fifth victim of serial killer

    by Associated Press
    Saturday July 04, 2009, 4:59 PM

    Spartanburg Herald JournalReward posters hanging in South Carolina stores include a description of the suspect in five recent slayings.
    GAFFNEY, S.C. -- A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said.

    Abby Tyler, 15, died about 11:15 a.m. at a Spartanburg hospital after fighting for her life for two days, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said.

    Tyler was wounded and her father was killed Thursday as they worked to close the Tyler Home Center near downtown Gaffney.

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