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Eugene Palmer search: Son still scours Harriman park for fugitive dad

Murder suspect Eugene Palmer, left, with his son

Photo credit: Courtesy of Lisa Palmer | Murder suspect Eugene Palmer, left, with his son Clarence Palmer in an undated family photo.

For nearly three months, Eugene Palmer has eluded authorities, dead or alive.

Yet one of his sons continues to search sprawling Harriman State Park in hopes of finding the Haverstraw man wanted in the slaying of his daughter-in-law, Tammy Palmer.

"I have to be realistic. If he were still alive, we would have heard something by now," Clarence Palmer told Newsday on Tuesday.

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