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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Prosecutors will call more than a dozen witnesses in their attempt to disprove an alibi offered by homicide suspect Rafael Mora-Polanco, according to a document filed Monday in Luzerne County Court.</p><p>Mora-Polanco, 27, provided notice Jan. 15 that he was either at Lehigh Valley Hospital or a nearby Turkey Hill on the night 35-year-old Jorge Marrero was shot and killed outside a Hazleton apartment.</p><p>Mora-Polanco, of Hazleton, was charged with criminal homicide on June 14, three days after Marrero was killed.</p><p>Prosecutors said Monday they plan to call eye-witnesses, police, hospital staff and Turkey Hill employees to debunk Mora-Polanco&#8217;s claims.</p><p>Mora-Polanco is scheduled to be tried Feb. 29.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Prosecutors will try to debunk alibi from homicide suspect