Decade later, editor’s death remains mystery

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It was another late night for David Butler, assistant managing editor at Stars and Stripes. He helped crank out another edition of the military newspaper, hopped on the Metro and headed toward home in Arlington.

Butler never made it. Instead, he was savagely beaten to death over a few dollars, police say.

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