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The body of Alexander Merman, 35, was found shot to death in his Montana Avenue apartment last night. Over the weekend, aspiring actress Juliana Maureen Redding, 21, was found in her apartment on Centinela Avenue. Police don't see any common thread. LAT
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Santa Monica now has 2 homicides in '08
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