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Fund Set Up For Children Of Slain Lake Elsinore Woman

LAKE ELSINORE (CBS) — A memorial fund had been established to help two young children of a 33-year-old Lake Elsinore woman who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, according to the sheriff's department.

Tanya Petro's had been reported missing by her family on January 7 and her body was discovered a few days later.

Petro's boyfriend, Ronald Paoletto, 41, a convicted sex offender, has been charged with her murder.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Wells Fargo bank and Circle K stores have set up a fund to help Petro's children. She had been a Circle K employee.

Donations can be made to the Tanya Petro Children Memorial Fund at any Wells Fargo bank.

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