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The Mean Teen investigation began on Monday, August 1, 2022, and will run for about four weeks.
When notorious practical joker Alyx Byrns was seen floating lifelessly in the family pool, the household staff initially assumed it was another one of the 17-year-old's pranks.
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When people saw Alyx floating in her family's pool, they first thought it was a prank.