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The death of Randy Graff of Yankton, SD-Review Day 14

This isn't really a review for a news story but more of a response to something that happened to a friend of mine that is tragic and I want to do my own response to it.


On December 17, 2016, Mr. Randy Graff was strangled to death then thrown outside in -40F weather with snow on the ground...
Mr. Graff was a good, kind-hearted man who was only trying to help a friend whose son had strong-armed her out of her own house, and proceeded to have friends over to party. When Randy went over there to try and get them to leave, he was attacked and strangled until he was no longer breathing then cast out the front door and left to freeze and die. Mr. Graff paid the ultimate price that night trying to help a friend. Mrs. Graff was left with the heart wrenching weight of having to tell her 16 year-old son, Dylan Kuharski, that his father was not coming home that night, and never was going to.
Today, Dylan and his older brother Mike work at On the Border with me. I am good friends with Dylan and he is just like his father; into cars, kind-hearted, funny and protective. Dylan and I have been there for eachother and plan on continuing to be there for one another.

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