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From the BG Group studio. This is

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your News Minute on the Marietta Daily Journal podcast

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presented by Credit Union of Georgia. Today

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is Friday, March 15th, and I'm

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Keith Hipolito, a 50 year

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old Marietta man named Adrian, better known

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for his jovial personality and long term

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employment with Fedex, tragically died

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while vacationing in Panama. His

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family has been desperately trying to repatriate

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his body back to Georgia for the past three weeks.

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Bennett reportedly fell from a balcony and

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died from a head injury. Initially,

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the family struggled to locate where his body

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had been taken, but after numerous phone

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calls, they identified the morgue holding him.

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However, proving their relationship to Bennett

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became another hurdle as the morgue demanded

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original documents, not copies.

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Here is family relative Carlos Smith

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on trying to bring Adrian home.

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I've contacted the State Department.

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We've also contacted

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Senator Warnock, Ossoff

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and Congressman David Scott. We

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weren't ever going to give up until we actually

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get him back home.

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The family is now racing against time, as

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they were informed that if Bennett's body is unclaimed

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within 30 days, Panama can decide

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what to do with his remains. The family

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has reached out to various entities, including

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the FBI, the State Department, and several

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senators for help. For more news about

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our community, visit MMX online.com

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for the Marietta Daily Journal podcast,

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