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Bluffdale parents accused of child abuse homicide released from jail

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The Bluffdale parents who were arrested on suspicion of child abuse homicide a week ago after their infant was found dead inside of their home were released from jail on Wednesday. Christina Joy Patton, 39, and Nicholas Patrick Romero, 40, were arrested on suspicion of child abuse homicide on Wednesday, Oct.

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