Afterward, about 1, 000 police flooded the neighborhood, where the father of one of the dead men tried to calm area residents.

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Its indictments, once issued, remain in force until the indictee is either tried or dead.

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At the top of the stairs, he tried the dead light switch again, then closed the iron door behind him and walked out into the empty street.

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They tried the typical dead-end solution.

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We tried 'em with a dead cat that we found on the road, but they didn't want it.

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The two men first tried to follow the money, but that led to a dead end.

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Medics tried to save him after his friends raised the alarm, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Local people tried to give him first aid and called the emergency services but he was pronounced dead on arrival at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

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He was first tried for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2007, four years after she was found dead at his Los Angeles mansion.

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Ingrid Loyau-Kennett got off a bus and tried to reason with the two attackers after she tried to help the man lying on the street but found he had no pulse and was already dead.

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