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  "id": 8142149,
  "title": "Ron Crawford hired a hitman to kill his wife – and got away with it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ron-crawford-hired-a-hitman-to-kill-his-wife-and-got-away-with-it",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T01:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/ron-crawford-hired-a-hitman-to-kill-his-wife-and-got-away-with-it-20260918-p60xjo.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For 18 years, Ben Crawford believed his mother died changing a tyre. Then he unpicked his father’s deadly lie.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Ron Crawford hired a hitman to kill his wife – and got away with it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ron-crawford-hired-a-hitman-to-kill-his-wife-and-got-away-with-it-8148857",
        "published": "2026-09-18T01:40:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}