Now meet the man who bought the largest chunk of that property.

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When SWAT agents stormed the bunker to rescue the boy from the man's property in the rural Alabama community of Midland City, Dykes "engaged in a firefight with the SWAT agents, " Pack added.

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"This was a particularly callous murder where Grenfell put greater value on his acquisition of a car than the life of an innocent man simply protecting his own property that he had worked so hard for, " he said.

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Back in 2009, the bodies of 11 women were found on this man's property in Cleveland.

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In the old days, she says, a man could abandon his wife and hold on to the property, even if part of it was her dowry.

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But it also seems clear that Prokhorov, a man with property holdings all over the world and substantial international exposure as the owner of an NBA franchise, is much more independent, and more capable of striking independent political positions, than a party functionary in the old Soviet system.

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Speaking after Grenfell was jailed for murder, West of Scotland procurator fiscal John Dunn said the case involved the tragic and "needless loss of life of a man who was simply trying to protect his property".

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The staggering amount made 38-year-old Komuro the fourth-largest taxpayer in his country. (The three with bigger bills were a cosmetics tycoon, a property magnate and a financier.) Komuro is a man of many musical parts.

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