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Lina Medina
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Lina Medina

United Press International · October 18, 1967

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Lima, Peru: Twenty-eight years ago, Lina Medina was raped by a deranged step-brother when she was only five years old. She gave birth one year later, astounding the medical world. Now 33 and a private secretary, she is shown in these 1967 file photos.

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