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Man pleads guilty in buried body case

PITTSBURGH — A suburban Pittsburgh man who buried his dead housemate in their back yard will spend 3Z\x years on probation for cashing her Social Security checks worth nearly $34,000.

Kenneth Zang, 59, of Turtle Creek, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty. The checks belonged to 70-year-old Mary Whetsell, who died of natural causes in 2004.

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