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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 2016
Page
1
Athens Police deploys a 3D computer generated composite of a serial sexual attacker based on DNA evidence. Snapshot DNA Phenotyping was contracted to create the facial image, the first use in Athens and possibly in Ohio, according to Police Chief Tom Pyle.
Merle Haggard, famed country singer and songwriter famed for Okie From Muskogee and Sing Me Back Home, died of pneumonia on his 79th birthday. Though associated with conservatives early in his career, he later supported Democrats including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The publicist said no official cause was determined as family planned a funeral at his home after a lengthy touring schedule disrupted by illness.
A Hocking County grand jury will decide if inmate John Modie, recaptured after an escape from a Nelsonville prison, will be charged with further offenses. A third degree felony escape recommended by authorities will be presented Friday after Modie was nabbed March 28 at an abandoned Nelsonville station. He has been moved to a higher security facility and is held at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville while the state investigates prison security.
A former Ohio University student pleaded innocent in Athens County Common Pleas Court to a four count indictment including burglary tampering with records and having weapons under disability. Public defender Thoras Gerken asked for release on own recognizance citing the defendant’s clean record and good student history.
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