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OWEGO, N.Y. (WHCU) — An Owego man is charged with murder.

The Tioga County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 40-year-old John Prentice, Junior on Thursday.

Prentice’s arrest comes four days after the body of a woman was found in a house on Campbell Hill Road in the town of Tioga. Deputies say 62-year-old Laurie Hawthorne was shot twice.

Prentice is charged with second degree murder.

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