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Article: Grand jury indicts five former Boys Ranch employees in boy's death
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- October 2, 1998
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TIM MOLLOY Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-02-1998
PHOENIX (AP) _ Five former Arizona Boys Ranch employees were indicted in the death of a California teen-ager who collapsed while being forced to exercise.
A Pinal County grand jury indicted each of the workers on one count of child abuse and manslaughter, County Attorney Robert Olson said Thursday. If convicted on those charges, they face a maximum of 12 1/2 years in prison.
The five remained free pending an Oct. 23 arraignment.
California and Arizona investigators said they found a pattern of abuse in the March 2 death of Nicholaus Contreraz, 16, of Sacramento, Calif., at the facility's …