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By Greg Hambrick

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is putting up $50,000 for help solving a homicide. The money is offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible in the death of Samih Mustafa Sowan. 

Two men were seen running from a home in March 2011. Inside, police found the body of Sowan, a Subway restaurant owner who had been renting an apartment in the home.

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"The resident of the house stated that he heard what he thought were gunshots coming from the basement," said Bill Kennedy, a spokesman for the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. "When he went down to the basement, he found the victim on the floor." 

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