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Teens charged in beating

death of Gaithersburg man

A teenage girl and boy were arrested on murder charges in the May death of a 57-year-old man whose body was found along a walking path, Montgomery County police said.

Emily Drew Geller, 18, and Artie Ellis, 15, both of Potomac, were charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the death of Ali Reza Zare of Gaithersburg. He was found along a Potomac path by a Sunday morning jogger. He was killed by a blunt force injury to the back of the head.

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