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Metter fugitive is caught and killed in Florida
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METTER - Two months after fugitive William Jimmy Page, Jr. allegedly cut his ankle monitoring device in his hometown of Metter and fled the state, U.S. Marshals located him near St. Petersburg, Fl., where a shooting ensued that took the life of Page. Page was free on a $100,000 bond from a federal indictment of "enticing a minor for the purpose of sexual activity" but remained under watch with a GPS monitoring device attached to his ankle, according the U.S. Marshal Service. Page allegedly cut the monitoring device and left a 14-page suicide letter during his return to Metter on March 25.
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