A self-styled mercenary was arrested in the...
A self-styled mercenary was arrested in the mysterious slaying of raceboat builder Don Aronow. Robert Young, 41, was booked into Dade County Jail in Miami on a first-degree murder charge in the 1987 slaying in front of Aronow’s boat yard, said Metro-Dade police spokeswoman Myriam Royle.
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