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Life sentence given in case of slain Mt. Vernon woman

By Scott Harvey

Mt. Vernon – Arsenio Desmond Petty is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of a Mt. Vernon woman.

Petty is said to have killed 18-year-old Rabeca Ray Kemp during a botched robbery at a Dallas smoke shop.

24-year-old Maurice Antione Hall, of Allen, is also facing a capital murder charge in the case.

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