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Arrest in Petras' Murder Case

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Investigators have arrested a man for murdering a store owner and his son in La Crosse.

La Crosse Police Chief Ronald Tishcer says 39-year old Jeffrey P. Lepsch was arrested at his home in Dakota, Minnesota this afternoon. He's been charged with two counts of first degree intentional homicide in the deaths of Paul Petras and his son Andrew. The two were found shot to death in the May's Photo Store on Main Street back on September 15th.

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