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Suspect just arrested in two-decade old cold case murder to be released
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WALLKILL, N.Y. — A suspect just arrested in the 2003 cold case murder of a college student in a northern New York City suburb is about to be released, CBS New York's Lisa Rozner and Ali Bauman report.
Edward Holley, 42, was charged last week but by law, he had to be indicted within six days. That didn't happen, so he'll be released from jail Thursday, authorities say.
Last Thursday, New York State Police charged Holley with second-degree murder two decades after Wallkill resident Megan McDonald's body was found badly beaten and abandoned on a dirt road.
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