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27 years after death, a verdict of not guilty - and fresh anger; A jury acquitted Aaron W. Foster of third-degree murder in the 1981 shooting of Barbara (Bobbi) Winn.

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Byline: PAT PHEIFER; STAFF WRITER

The courtroom erupted in cries of "Oh, my God! Oh, my God!" when a Ramsey County jury late Wednesday acquitted Aaron W. Foster in his girlfriend's death in a case that stretches back more than 27 years.

It was Barbara (Bobbi) Winn's family members who did most of the shouting. Several young men stormed out of the courtroom, swearing. Several jurors sobbed as the verdict was read.

District Judge Edward J. Cleary immediately told Foster, 56, that he was free to go, and he and his attorney, Earl Gray, ducked into Cleary's chambers.

Foster, who has not been in custody, had no comment when he left the courthouse later.

Winn died from a single gunshot wound to the chest early on May 8, 1981, in the Maplewood townhouse that she shared with her three children and on and...