Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10


	Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10

ikino22

10-24-2009 8:03 PM

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10-24-2009 9:13 PM

lollipop10

Oh that's sad. My daughter and i watched her on TLC.

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