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DES MOINES — Erin Merryn remembers reading the diary she wrote as a young girl and coming across an entry made after she was raped by her older cousin. “No one ever warned me about people like ...

This story was updated to add a video. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Polk County Sheriff's Office identifies 26-year-old Des Moines woman killed in crash ...