{"id":27126,"date":"2025-01-10T03:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=27126"},"modified":"2025-01-10T03:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:32:02","slug":"dad-fatally-beats-man-who-followed-his-daughter-into-restroom-learns-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=27126","title":{"rendered":"Dad Fatally Beats Man Who Followed His Daughter Into Restroom, Learns Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>41-year-old father Melvin Harris pleaded to ma nslaughter.The Phoenix father who maintained he klled a man while protecting his daughter had been originally charged with second-degree murder in ,<\/p>\n<p>2018. The incident, which occurred on August 2, 2018, unfolded after Harris arrived at the QT near 19th and Dunlap avenues. When his daughter walked out, she said that a man had tried to enter her locked stall in the women\u2019s bathroom. 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