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March 5, 2003
Kristi Johnson Murder
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
As Kirk Johnson hung up the phone at his Holland home, memories rushed in of a younger Kristi Johnson hugging and
kissing him and telling him, "Daddy, I love you."
He would always respond, "Kristi, I love you."
Moments after receiving the phone call that his daughter was found dead in California, he walked outside his house
and looked to the sky.
"I stared up to the heavens, I lifted my eyes and I called out her name and I repeated, 'I love you. I love you.
I love you,'" Johnson said.
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July 10, 2005
Capsize
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
A day of fun in the sun on Lake Michigan turned tragic Saturday morning when a 42-foot power boat flipped over southwest
of Holland State Park, claiming one life and sending search and rescue crews into the water for three other men. One of those
men was still missing late Saturday.
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Nov. 10, 2002
Camburn Trial
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
A double homicide.
The victims: Two little girls.
The accused: Their mother.
The place: Zeeland.
The sisters were poisoned and stabbed the day before Sept. 11, 2001.
The murders were overshadowed by the national tragedy, but never forgotten.
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Nov. 13, 2002
Camburn 2
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
On the first day of her murder trial in Ottawa County Circuit Court, Tracy Camburn prayed for her dead children and
the man prosecuting her for their deaths.
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Nov. 23, 2002
Camburn Verdict
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
Two families, joined by marriage, divided by divorce, and ravaged and forever changed by the murder of two little
girls, reacted Friday with tears, hugs and defiance to a guilty verdict against Tracy Camburn.
She stabbed her daughters, Kimberly, 5, and Candice, 10, to death on Sept. 10, 2001.
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May 19, 2003
Fatal Crash
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
Rural roads in central Ottawa County have claimed another life.
Aurelio Serna, 79, of Holland, was killed in a two-car collision at about 2 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of 136th Avenue
and Van Buren Street, in Olive Township.
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Aug. 15, 2004
House Fire
By JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS
Staff writer
A fire Saturday afternoon sent one woman to the hospital and a frightened dog into the arms of caring neighbors.
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