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TIL 12-year-old Jessica Maple solved a burglary case after she found clues officers had missed when investigating a robbery at her late great-grandmother's house. She then tracked missing items to a pawn shop, got the thieves' picture IDs from the manager, and confronted the burglars herself.

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