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Christmas. When he tried to molest and rape Selena again, as he had done in years past, she hit him with a pair of fireplace tongs and killed him instantly. She and Joey buried him in the adjoining sheep pen. Later on Selena breaks down and tells Connie that she killed Lucas, who reports her to the police.
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