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Serial killer joke gets South Elgin man fired, arrested

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By ABC7
Thursday, November 14, 2013
November 14, 2013 (SOUTH ELGIN, Ill.)

Michael Romanenko lost his job as an internet technician after allegedly boasting to two Naperville women that he was a serial killer.

He is free on bond.

He's scheduled to appear in a Wheaton courtroom next Tuesday.

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