Don't forget to email us with your subscription info at contact@crimesandconsequences.com to get the Crimes and Consequences Facebook Members Only link and code! When he wasnt busy building his ill conceived torture rack out of boards and ropes, he sat hunched over his desk, writing deeply disturbing fantasies in his diary. His childhood changed his life in ways he could not understand as a child. Eventually, Dodd confessed to all three murders. Dodd wasnt there to watch the film, though. "He's still my only brother," said Greg Dodd. Dodd's bible, with the words 'Satan lives' (police photo). He is glad to see me. If I do escape, I promise you I will kill and rape again, and I will enjoy every minute of it. The time documenting death ran from the moment the trap was opened until death was pronounced. He directed police to his diary, Lee Iseli's Ghostbusters briefs, the incriminating photos and the unused torture rack. "He's still my only brother," said Greg Dodd. Dodd was arrested after he kidnapped a 6-year-old boy from a Camas movie theater. Westley Allan Dodd was born in Washington State on July 3, 1961. In the bathroom, Dodd picked the boy up, threw him over his shoulder, and tried to leave the building. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993), was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. After pleading guilty to the charges of murder, he received the death penalty. [6] He lured two brothers, 11- and 10-year-old Cole and William Neer, to a secluded area, where he forced them to undress, tied them to a tree and performed sex acts on them both. On November 13, 1989, Westley Allan Dodd attended a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids showing in Camas, Washington but he wasnt there for the movie. He asked Lee if he wanted to spend the night with him. A coming dictator. In addition to being the first execution by hanging in nearly three decades, the Dodd case stands out as an extreme moment in a very particular time period marked by heightened awareness of sexual violence. Following Dodd's execution, four more men were executed pursuant to the 1981 statute between 1994 and 2010. Circled school (drove around block) and thought an adult showed up with another 3- 4-year-old. Though more than two decades have passed, the grisly case is still a lesson in the nature of crime and punishment in the United States. The appellants were given the right to have their own witness present during the execution. Dodd's sexual fantasies became increasingly violent over the years; he would later say, "The more I thought about it, the more exciting the idea of murder sounded. That day, he drove to nearby Portland, Oregon and abducted four-year-old Lee Iseli from a playground. He was fictionalized as a man who murdered a young boy in a way similar to Dodd's murder of Lee Iseli. By all appearances, twenty-nine-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was the perfect all-American boy -- model high school student, camp counselor and U.S. Navy enlistee. Dodd would go on to have over 50 victims in all, one of them as young as two years of age. I was wrong. I found both in the Lord Jesus Christ.. In 2006 Discovery Channel television show Most Evil analyzed his life and crimes. When he wasnt busy building his ill conceived torture rack out of boards and ropes, he sat hunched over his desk, writing deeply disturbing fantasies in his diary. [24] There was much media attention; some TV news reports featured stories on the history of hanging, showing such things as the loud sound that the trap door can make, along with the silence that follows it, and the type of rope that was going to be used, and how to properly prepare it for optimum effect. Dodd kept Lee overnight while he continued to sexually abuse him, all the while jotting down every detail in his diary. [7] He was arrested several times over the next few years for child molestation, each time serving short jail sentences and being given court-mandated therapy. The younger boy was playing alone on a slide, and Dodd succeeded in convincing the boy to come with him. The big kid and his 3- 4-year-old brother left. Dodd was the basis for an unseen character, a child killer named "Wayne Dobbs", in the 2002 film Insomnia, starring Al Pacino. 57414-6. It was Labor Day, September 4, 1989, a Monday, the last day of summer vacation for most school children from all over the Pacific Northwest. The contents are the stuff of nightmares. The true crime story of sex killer Westley Allan Dodd--his victims were too small to fightand too young to die! F riday marks 25 years since Washington State hanged admitted child molester Westley Allan Dodd for the kidnapping, rape and murder of three small boys. I was wrong when I said there was no hope, no peace. Includes eyewitness execution report.By all appearances, twenty-nine-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was the perfect all-American boymodel high school student, camp counselor and U.S. Navy enlistee. He was pronounced dead by the prison doctor and his body was transported to Seattle for autopsy. In fact, Dodd had molested dozens of children over the course of 15 years, beginning when he was just 13 years old. If I do escape, I promise you I will kill and rape again, and I will enjoy every minute of it.. Web18 Dodd realized that his only interest was boys and girls under the age of ten after a girl who was a year younger than him asked him out on a date and he refused to go. He jumps up at once. Nothing on way home. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theater. Ive heard it so many times now, its kind of old, really.Prosecutors asked for the death penalty, and on Saturday, July 15, 1990, the jury agreed that Dodd should die for his crimes. Inside The Heinous Crimes Of Westley Allan Dodd, The Child Molester Who Murdered Three Young Boys In 1989. October 8, 1992. Public hangings outside courthouses would result in botched executions that created a public discomfort with brutal execution, so states moved to control the process more in an effort to make it less public, more sanitary, more medical.. After pleading guilty to the charges of murder, he received the death penalty. What follows is Westley Allan Dodd's journal, or "diary" as authorities called it, presented in its entirety. The state was ordered to conduct the hanging in full view of witnesses rather than have a curtain obscure the body at the end of the rope. Westley Allan Dodd was sentenced to the death penalty after he pleaded guilty to the sexual assault and murder of three young boys in 1989. A store employee approached them, concerned. He was arrested a couple times, he even tried The true crime story of sex killer Westley Allan Dodd--his victims were too small to fightand too young to die! His diary is basically an ode to Hitler. The Diary covers Dodd's life from childhood, to being caught attempting to abduct a child from a movie theatre, not long after he The technique was now so unfamiliar that the executioners had to use an Army manual from the 1880s as a guide, as reported by The New York Times. Its borderline pornography of the worst kind. As Philip Jenkins, author of Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America and professor of History at Baylor University, explains, many of the terms associated with the topic from sexual predator to stalking either originated or were popularized during the early 1990s. On July 3rd, 1961 in Richland, Washington John and Carol Dodd welcomed their first son into the world, Westley Allan Dodd. October 28, 2022. Westley Allan Dodd was a loner. Dodd dropped his appeals and asked to be hanged because he deserved to die the same way that he killed his third victim. Westley Allan Dodd, 28, is arrested Nov. 13, 1989, after attempting to abduct a young boy from the men's room at the New Liberty Theatre in Camas. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theatre. Like an old friend. Three 8- 9-year-olds and one 4- or maybe 5-year-old. 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Executed American serial killer and sex offender, Griffiths, Richard (producer and director). He started to cry a couple times, but I reached out and held his hand, assuring him he'd be okay, and that we'd have some fun. Inside The Chilling Disappearance Of Five-Year-Old Dulce Maria Alavez, What Happened To The Jamison Family? After he was arrested while trying to kidnap yet another child, Westley Allan Dodd confessed to murdering three boys. You can unsubscribe at any time. His childhood changed his life in ways he could not understand as a child. Dodd seemingly understood that the legal system had failed to stop him too many times before. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Less than four years elapsed between the murders and Dodd's execution. WebWestley Allan Dodd. I found both in the Lord, Jesus Christ. He stated that he hoped that it would bring peace to his victims families. A coming dictator. In the afternoon he returned home for lunch, discouraged that he hadnt found a child. WebWESTLEY ALLAN DODD, Appellant. Graves went outside the theatre in the direction where Dodd was last seen. He then stripped off Lee Iselis clothes, tied the boy to the bed and began taking Polaroid pictures as he molested the child. F riday marks 25 years since Washington State hanged admitted child molester Westley Allan Dodd for the kidnapping, rape and murder of three small boys. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. Dodd's homemade "torture rack" (police photo). Dodd's briefcase (police photo). He is glad to see me. Olivia B. Waxman. Westley Allan Dodd was sentenced to the death penalty after he pleaded guilty to the sexual assault and murder of three young boys in 1989. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. On November 13, 1989, Westley Allan Dodd attended a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids showing in Camas, Washington but he wasnt there for the movie. But Westley Allan Dodds sexual desires would only grow darker as time went on. Dodd kept a diary of his crimes and he documented more than 50 acts of molesting children. Dodd was arrested after he kidnapped a 6-year-old boy from a Camas movie theater. The State Supreme Court upheld the state law. overall horribly disgusting, a perverse diary, I had to skip quite a lot of it. Watched "The Bear" (at theater). Dodd grew up in what has been described as a loveless home and was often neglected by his parents in favor of his two younger brothers. As fate would have it, Dodds car broke down just a few blocks away, and Graves quickly caught up with him. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. When he was done, he stabbed them repeatedly with a knife and fled the scene. About 6:20 p.m. on my way back I saw movement around a school (Richmond School) in a very dark neighborhood -- not even lights at the school. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993), was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. The next morning, he strangled Lee to death with a rope and hung his body in the closet, photographing it as a macabre "trophy". Westley Allan Dodd was born on July 3rd of 1961 in Toppenish, Washington, to Jim and Carol; he was their very first child. Afterwards, Lee watched cartoons on the television while Dodd recorded the events in his diary. January 5, 2018, 9:00 AM. Trigger Warning: Pedophilia, Sexual Assault of a Minor, Molestation of a Minor. The true crime story of sex killer Westley Allan Dodd--his victims were too small to fightand too young to die! 11:30 a.m. At the school I found yesterday evening saw two 8- 9-year-olds and a 4 -5-year-old a little ways away. Westley Allan Dodd, the child killer executed in Washington State Jan. 5, told a Provo psychologist that he once made a pact with Satan to kill children. For many observers, however, the idea of giving Dodd the death he requested did not sit right. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theater. Dodd grew up in what has been described as a loveless home and was often neglected by his parents in favor of his two younger brothers. In the park he kidnapped two small brothers and raped them. Listen to this weeks Members/Subscribers Only episode to hear about the crimes committed by Westley Allan Dodd in his own words. But behind his mask of normalcy Just before the hood and noose were dropped over his head, Dodd said, "I was once asked by somebody, I don't remember who, if there was any way sex offenders could be stopped. Dodd, who had been molested himself as a child and had a long criminal history, said that he started the 1989 spree that led to his eventual arrest stalking children, armed with shoelaces to tie up victims and a knife because, in his words, he didnt have a TV and was getting bored. In 1993, as the execution date approached, TIME described one of his most gruesome killings: Dodd found a four-year-old boy playing alone in an elementary school playground. Then, go inside the life of Pedro Rodrigues Filho, the real-life Dexter who killed other serial killers. He then put Dodd into a headlock and returned him to the theatre, where employees called the police.[14]. A lifetime of disturbing sexually aggressive behaviour, a horrifying trail of victims, and eventually a pattern of escalating physical violence which Dodd dropped his appeals and asked to be hanged because he deserved to die the same way that he killed his third victim. Westley Allan Dodd was born in Washington State on July 3, 1961. Stands there before us. Dodd's car in police lot. This man has everything it takes to be a king. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. He pleaded guilty to all charges and asked to be put to death. WebWestley Allan Dodd mugshot. The boys were brothers Cole and William Neer, ages 10 and 11, and 4-year-old Lee Iseli. By all appearances, twenty-nine-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was the perfect all-American boymodel high school student, camp counselor and U.S. Navy WebBut the quick and clinical way the state put to death child killer Westley Allan Dodd today surprised me. WebInside, Dodd took some pictures of Lee with his Polaroid camera, then told Lee to get undressed, and tied him to the bed with ropes. Throughout the years it is believed that Westley abused 175 children, most were young boys but not all. He has been called "one of the most evil killers in history". Westley Allan Dodd. Stories. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 - January 5, 1993) WesWestley Allan Dodd, Dodd, Wesley Alan Dodd: Diary?Google2019 Reay stated that Dodd's death had likely not been very painful. [1] Dodd claimed he was never abused or neglected as a child. All Rights Reserved. I must be executed before I have an opportunity to escape or kill someone else, he said in a court brief. He was discharged after he was accused of offering money to young boys in exchange for sex on base, but the Navy failed to file criminal charges. Dodd was arrested after he kidnapped a 6-year-old boy from a Camas movie theater. Cookie Notice By the age of 9, Dodd had discovered that he was sexually attracted to other boys. He seemed unsure, but not scared. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993) was an American serial killer and child molester. By all appearances, twenty-nine-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was the perfect all-American boymodel high school student, camp counselor and U.S. Navy That way his body will still be fairly fresh for experiments after work. Dodd began strangling the boy at 5:30 a.m. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theater. He directed police to his diary, Lee Iseli's Ghostbusters briefs, the incriminating photos and the unused torture rack. 7:29 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. His diary is basically an ode to Hitler. As the lights dimmed, he scanned the dark room for his next victim. Comment. At 12:02 a.m., a screen in front of a second-floor window in the death chamber was raised and the 31-year-old Dodd spoke his final words, a hard-to-hear message of a last-minute religious conversion. The contents are the stuff of nightmares. I was getting bored I didn t have a TV, Westley Allan Dodd, 28, of Vancouver, Washington, told detectives. On Nov. 13, 1989, 28-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was arrested for trying to kidnap a young boy from a movie theater in Camas, Washington. I said, "Come on -- this will be fun," and reached out my hand. He took more pictures, untied the boy, and then molested him. The born tribune of the people. Begun in September 1989 and originally written in Dodd's own hand around the time of the Neer brothers' murders, the journal was found inside a briefcase he kept hidden beneath his bed along with a The boys were brothers Cole and William Neer, ages 10 and 11, and 4-year-old Lee Iseli. Westley Allan Dodd kidnapped, raped, and hanged four-year-old Lee Iseli in October 1989. Stands there before us. Friday marks 25 years since Washington State hanged admitted child molester Westley Allan Dodd for the kidnapping, rape and murder of three small boys. There, Dodd had hidden a knife, rope, pictures of nude children, and his diary, a detailed account of his increasingly violent fantasies and plans. He took it and walked to the end of the building with me -- we got out of sight of the other kids unseen. Columbine High School senior Eric Harris (left), 18, kept a diary where he and Dylan Klebold (right), 17, wrote about killing 500 people by invading the school cafeteria, blowing up the school, and then hijacking a plane to New York. YouTubeWestley Allan Dodd claimed he sexually abused as many as 175 children over the course of 15 years. This man has everything it takes to be a king. Moreover, capital punishment has disappeared in many places throughout the United States. 10:45 a.m. Bought film for Polaroid camera. He coaxed Lee Iseli home with him to play some games. Magazines, Digital 88086-7, __ Wn.2d __, __ P.3d __ (2018). Westley Allan Dodd, 28, is arrested Nov. 13, 1989, after attempting to abduct a young boy from the men's room at the New Liberty Theatre in Camas. [6] On July 3, 1976Dodd's 15th birthdayhis father attempted suicide following an argument with his wife. The true crime story of sex killer Westley Allan Dodd--his victims were too small to fightand too young to die! It is incredibly bizarre to hear Westley Allan Dodd repeatedly go on these tirades blaming law enforcement for not punishing him or stopping him from doing his crimes. In the fall of 1989, in Vancouver, Washington, a short, 29-year-old man named Westley Allan Dodd raped and murdered three young boys. Squeezes my hand. By all appearances, twenty-nine-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was the perfect all-American boy -- model high school student, camp counselor and U.S. Navy enlistee. Westley Allan Dodd - Overview and Diary Entries (GRAPHIC) parkaman This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast 4 2 2 comments Top Bass_fisherman55 5 yr. ago I truly believe that this guy is the definition of pure evil pancakes116 5 yr. ago If there is a hell, hed better be in it! There, Dodd had hidden a knife, rope, pictures of nude children, and his diary, a detailed account of his increasingly violent fantasies and plans. [6] On October 29, Dodd drove to Portland, Oregon, where he encountered four-year-old Lee Iseli and his nine-year-old brother Justin at a local park. At school, Dodd was not welcomed into any social groups, leaving him with no friends. All of it would be best thrown away. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theater. Inside Their Bizarre Disappearance, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. Comment. Over the next two months, Dodd filled a scrapbook with newspaper clippings about the boys murders. I said, 'No.' Westley Allan Dodd died within two or three minutes after the trap door in the gallows was opened, and probably with little pain, according to a coroner's report. On the other side, he adds, the press eagerly reported on vigilantism directed at child molesters. Friday marks 25 years since Washington State hanged admitted child molester Westley Allan Dodd for the kidnapping, rape and murder of three small boys. Olivia B. Waxman. pink photo album labeled FAMILY MEMORIES. No. Despite Dodd's attempts to calm the boy, theatre employees became suspicious and followed Dodd out to the street. Stands there before us. Throughout the years it is believed that Westley abused 175 children, most were young boys but not all. In 1989 Westley Allan Dodd kidnapped, sexually molested, strangled and then hanged 4-year-old Lee Iseli. They also discovered Dodd's diary, in which he detailed the murders. The child began fighting and crying as Dodd was leaving the theatre through the lobby, carrying the boy in his arms. Westley Allan Dodd - Overview and Diary Entries (GRAPHIC) parkaman This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast 4 2 2 comments Top Bass_fisherman55 5 yr. ago I truly believe that this guy is the definition of pure evil pancakes116 5 yr. ago If there is a hell, hed better be in it! *4 Westley Allan Dodd, pro se, Darrell E. Lee, and Lee, Mitchelson, Yoseph, Gray & Langsdorf, for appellant. Westley Allan Dodd was born on July 3rd of 1961 in Toppenish, Washington, to Jim and Carol; he was their very first child. Dodd's briefcase (police photo). Squeezes my hand. But behind his mask of normalcy "He's still my only brother," said Greg Dodd. Dodd was charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the deaths of the Neer brothers and Lee Iseli, plus attempted kidnapping of another child. In the afternoon he returned home for lunch, discouraged that he hadnt found a child. Listen to this weeks Members/Subscribers Only episode to hear about the crimes committed by Westley Allan Dodd in his own words. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc. In the early autumn of 1989, Dodd decided that David Douglas Park in Vancouver, a large, heavily wooded park with several secluded trails, would be a good place to find potential victims. He directed police to his diary, Lee Iseli's Ghostbusters briefs, the incriminating photos and the unused torture rack. [2] He claimed, however, that the words "I love you" were never said to him as he grew up, nor could he ever remember saying them. I figured it was dark enough they couldn't get a good description of me. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993) was an American serial killer and child molester. A store employee approached them, concerned. It is incredibly bizarre to hear Westley Allan Dodd repeatedly go on these tirades blaming law enforcement for not punishing him or stopping him from doing his crimes. Wyatt Redd is a freelance writer from Nashville, Tennessee. [14], The boyfriend of the boy's mother, William "Ray" Graves, came to the theatre lobby and was told that the boy had nearly been abducted. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. Its borderline pornography of the worst kind. Scan this QR code to download the app now, https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.true-crime/k5N3gtHREjk. The boy finally fell asleep, but according to Dirk C. Gibsons book Serial Murder and Media Circuses, Dodd woke him to tell him, Im going to kill you in the morning.. On Nov. 13, 1989, 28-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was arrested for trying to kidnap a young boy from a movie theater in Camas, Washington. In addition to the brutal nature of the crimes, part of what got the case so much attention is that Dodd appeared to like the attention that came with his arrest. Nacido el 3 de julio de 1961 en Toppenish (Washington), Westley Allan Dodd siempre se quej de la falta de atencin y amor por parte de sus padres. In 1989 Westley Allan Dodd kidnapped, sexually molested, strangled and then hanged 4-year-old Lee Iseli. He was arrested after he failed to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theatre. He has been called 'one of the most evil killers in history'. Ive heard it so many times now, its kind of old, really.Prosecutors asked for the death penalty, and on Saturday, July 15, 1990, the jury agreed that Dodd should die for his crimes. He may have even gotten away with all three murders if he hadnt tried again. In 1981, soon after he finished high school, Dodd enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Followed one boy to bathroom, intending to say, "Come with me" and take him out of the theater and to my apartment, but he was coming out as I went in. Westley Allan Dodd died within two or three minutes after the trap door in the gallows was opened, and probably with little pain, according to a coroner's report. He refused to appeal his case or the capital sentence. National attention to Dodds execution, due to the gruesome nature of his crimes, drove conversations about how society addressed sex offenders that his prior run-ins with the law had not gotten him off the streets left many feeling that such crimes were not taken seriously enough and about the meaning of capital punishment. After finishing probation, he stopped going to treatment and moved to Vancouver, Washington,[6] where he was hired as a shipping clerk. Throughout his teenage years, he offered to babysit neighborhood children and molested them as they slept. However, on October 11, 2018, the state supreme court unanimously held that the death-penalty statute was "unconstitutional, as administered, because it is imposed in an arbitrary and racially biased manner" (State v. Gregory). Outside the prison, in the snow, supporters and opponents of the death penalty demonstrated. The Free Encyclopedia of Washington State History. His childhood changed his life in ways he could not understand as a child. Privacy Policy. And on Oct. 29, 1989, he struck again. Graves then physically hauled Dodd back to the theater, where other witnesses bound Dodds arms with a belt as they waited for the police to arrive. I'll try again Sunday for two or three movies if I don't get a boy at the park in the morning. Westley Allan Dodd was born on July 3rd of 1961 in Toppenish, Washington, to Jim and Carol; he was their very first child. But though he was caught and ordered to attend counseling sessions, Dodds heinous crimes didnt stop there. Flipboard. The other 8-9-year-old was sitting on a post watching them, the backs of the older three toward me and the 4- 5-year-old playing on a mound 20 feet to my left. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993) was an American serial killer and child molester. That same year he stabbed two other young boys to death in a park. But according to the Seattle Times, Kirks mothers boyfriend, William Ray Graves, had heard Kirks cries and began running after Dodd. But the country's first legal hanging in 28 years may still end Olivia B. Waxman. He repeatedly molested the pre-school-aged children of a neighbor, but the woman declined to press charges, fearing the experience would be too traumatic for her children. January 5, 2018, 9:00 AM. https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.true-crime/k5N3gtHREjk Click on Diary poster: Mr. Mike. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993) was an American serial killer and child molester. The true crime story of sex killer Westley Allan Dodd--his victims were too small to fightand too young to die! While he couldnt find a child walking alone, he soon spotted Cole Neer, 11, and his brother William, 10. The boys were brothers Cole and William Neer, ages 10 and 11, and 4-year-old Lee Iseli. A few weeks later, police arrested Westley at a movie theater after he tried and failed to abduct another boy. All of it would be best thrown away. When he wasnt busy building his ill conceived torture rack out of boards and ropes, he sat hunched over his desk, writing deeply disturbing fantasies in his diary. WebWestley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993) was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. In the fall of 1989, in Vancouver, Washington, a short, 29-year-old man named Westley Allan Dodd raped and murdered three young boys. And those big blue eyes. Pop culture, with movies such as Thelma and Louise, also fueled the conversation. 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