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Edward Helmore

Murder victim’s sister says Trump didn’t speak to family despite his claim he did

a man in a blue suit and red tie stands in front of American flags
Donald Trump campaigns in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP

Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to describe meeting the family of a woman killed by an immigrant in order to spin a narrative about what he calls “Biden’s border bloodbath” – except Ruby Garcia’s family now say he never did.

Garcia, 25, was found shot to death on highway US-131 on 22 March of this year. Court records later showed that her boyfriend confessed to killing her and dumping her body.

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