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November 30, 2006
Andrew Bergh: Boy wins $3M in death of would-be adoptive mom
By ANDREW BERGH
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Deric Coon couldn't wait to be adopted.
The Missouri boy never knew his real mother, who died when he was just an infant. So when his father's fiancée, Patricia Walker, promised to adopt him after they married, the wedding day couldn't arrive too soon.
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