In a complicated series of claims and counter-claims she had confessed to the murder and then retracted that confession.

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Carrasco said Matsunaga, a trained nurse, confessed to shooting her husband in the head and then dragging his body to the maid's bathroom, where she dismembered him.

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Mr. Butler confessed to Corey Martin, a friend and designer, then at Path Architecture, that he and his wife were tired of lugging their bikes up to their third-story condo and keeping them in the dining room.

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Mr May said police believed Jones had planned to flee to America, but confessed to his ex-partner about the killing and she then called police.

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At the time, he confessed that if it came to a choice between need and ideal, then employment was far more important than finding the right fit.

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He then chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which investigated apartheid-era abuses and gave amnesty to those who confessed their involvement.

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That led to a phone call from a television viewer claiming a violation and an investigation by the Augusta National rules committee, which ruled the drop was kosher then reconsidered when Woods confessed to dropping the ball in the wrong spot to gain an advantage.

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