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Neighbor calls Bluffdale father arrested in infant son's death a 'great guy'

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A neighbor of parents accused of child abuse homicide in the death of their 3-month-old son in Bluffdale called the dad a "great guy." "Aaron Foster has lived next door to Nicholas Romero and Christina Patton. "Typical, hard-working, always working," said Foster.

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