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Loyola law student held in Read murder near Pleasureville
George Gill, 23, a Loyola University senior law student from Crowley La, confessed to killing Centenary athlete Robert Read at Pleasureville near Shreveport to protect his wife's honor. Read disappeared after rowing a rented boat. Read and Gill collided in the water. Read died by a head injury and sinking. Mrs Gill corroborates the account and is held for inquiry.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
George Gill
Loyola University
New Orleans
Robert
Bob) Read
Centenary College
Mpleasureville
Read
Old River
Gil
Hda
Jackson
Ths
Gill
Polices
Young
Strussling
Gilk Fa
Tate
John Parsons
Manefield
Coneverse
Loyola
Crowley