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Marlon O'Connell,
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aka "Mars."
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He was doing a one-year bid for trespassing and petty larceny.
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Needed a few things and wasn't discouraged
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by the fact the hardware store was closed.
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Now, this guy's a lowlife and a chronic loser,
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but he's never displayed violent tendencies
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until this morning, when he killed his mother
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in a visiting yard in Wallkill, then escaped with a hostage.
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He killed his mother?
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The police found the hostage's car abandoned
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about a half a mile away, no signs of O'Connell.