Police Investigating Two Homicides on St. Thomas

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Police Investigating Two Homicides on St. Thomas

V.I. Police are investigating two unrelated homicides that occurred on St. Thomas Tuesday, one in the morning in Estate Fortuna and the other Tuesday evening in the area of Kronprindsens Gade in Charlotte Amalie.

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