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Guilty Plea In 2012 Death Of Pataskala Woman

A former New Albany physician has pleaded guilty in the heroin overdose death of a Pataskala woman who answered his on line ad for a housekeeper.44-year-old Ali Salim reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of abuse of a corpse. 23-year-old Deanna Ballman was pregnant when she died in August of last year. Sentencing is scheduled for December 20th.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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