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Later that week, Raul worries about 4-year-old Wendy Galarza-Ramirez and her mother, 19-year-old Maria Concepcion "Concha" Galarza, who live in a nearby apartment. Twice in the last two years, Concha's husband, Alberto, has been arrested for beating her. Drunk, Alberto once whipped her back with a belt; she hid under the bed, bleeding. ................
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