Police: Ohio suspect asked to confess at NY church

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NEW YORK (AP) — Nine days after a slain woman’s body was discovered in a burning home in Ohio, her fugitive boyfriend turned up at a New York City church seeking to make a confession, police said Wednesday.

Authorities in Columbus had charged Jonathan Smith with murder last week after identifying him as a suspect in the death of his girlfriend, Darlene Hart.

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