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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Defense wants Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's long-dead father exhumed to prove paternity

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Lawyers for the gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue requested a court order Tuesday to exhume the body of his long-dead father.

Robert Bowers' lawyers want the body exhumed for a DNA test after federal prosecutors raised questions about paternity during the penalty phase of Bowers' trial for the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue.

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