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Viewings today, funeral tomorrow for Vassiliev, 17

THE BALTIMORE SUN

Funeral arrangements for Benjamin Edward Vassiliev, the Centennial High School senior who was fatally poisoned last week, have been set.

Viewings will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Harry H. Witzke Family Funeral Home, 4112 Old Columbia Pike in Ellicott City. The funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John Episcopal Church, 9210 Frederick Road in Ellicott City.

Donations can be made to: Johns Hopkins Children's Center, attention: Laverne Lowery, 100 N. Charles St., 1 Charles Center Suite 200, Baltimore 21201.

Vassiliev, 17, died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Howard County police say Vassiliev drank a soda Jan. 3 that his childhood friend, Ryan Thomas Furlough, had laced with cyanide. Furlough has been charged with first-degree murder.

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