Teen Speaks of Grandmother's Beating Death - Thanh Le, 17, and her brother, Johnson Le, 14, had been raised by their grandmother, Ty Nguyen, since 1995, when an armed robber killed their parents. On Monday, the body of Nguyen, 72, was found in her Pennsauken home. She had been beaten to death. Video by ROBERT MORAN / Inquirer Staff Writer
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