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Moonlit hog hunt fall leaves three, dog dead

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Three visitors from Florida died during a nighttime feral hog hunt on Wednesday, Aug. 9, after plunging into a cistern that may have been a century old.The trio perished after attempting to save a dog that had fallen into the open rainwater receptacle on farmland north of the city, according to Sheriff Maurice Cook, who spoke during a Thursday, Aug. 10, news conference.Rescuers responded to the initial distress call at 1:02 a.m. in the darkened cornfield, but the bodies weren’t recovered for another 18 hours. Delvys Garcia, 37, Denise Martinez, 26, and Noel Vigil-Benitez, 45, were retrieved from the 4-footwide ...

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