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Immigration authorities recently announced they deported an illegal immigrant linked to the brutal murder of a 16-year-old boy who was beaten to death on the steps of a Philadelphia church in 1994.

Bou Khathavong was deported to Laos Sept. 2 after years of legal proceedings, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division in Philadelphia.

Khathavong, an illegal immigrant who is a dual citizen of Laos and Thailand, was convicted in 1996 of criminal conspiracy in the death of high school student Eddie Polec, who was beaten to death by a mob of suburban teenagers in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia.

He was sentenced to a minimum of five years and a maximu

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