Slain witness to testify from grave

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If the killers of murder witness Carl Lackl thought they would prevent him from testifying, it didn’t work.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that Lackl’s statements identifying murder suspect Patrick Byers, 23, can be used against the four men charged with carrying out a July 2, 2007, murder-for-hire.

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