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Two people arrested in connection with the death of a local

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office arrested 43-year-old Charlie Wren Daniel and 32-year-old John Ryan Phillips in connection with the death of 36-year-old John Paul Cates. Cates was found dead in his Waynesboro home on May 28, apparently from an overdose. Daniel and Phillips, both of Waynesboro, were charged under the newly enacted “Austin’s Law,” according to a news release from the county Sheriff’s Office (…)