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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1985

Page

7

Recanting rape charge tests motives of mother love

An 18-year-old from Niles recants a 1981 rape accusation against her stepfather, saying she lied to win maternal affection, while her mother moved away and the accused man William Davis seeks retrial. Davis served 34 months after a 1981 conviction. a new trial followed the recantation.

Washington, Pa Ronnda Baker Niles Ohio Patricia Miss Baker William Davis Fallowfield Township Pittsburgh John Liekar Liekar Pittsburgh Press Davis Common Pleas Court Thomas Gladden Pennsylvania Gladden Cathleen Crowell Webb Gary Dotson Illinois James Thompson Dotson Chicago Country Club Hills

Escapee arrested after ten years on the run

Raymond Philip Wilson, 62, long sought for a 1956 Philadelphia murder, was arrested at his home near a police station in Pottstown. He escaped from Huntingdon prison in 1975 during a farm detail and has since lived quietly nearby. He and three others were convicted of first degree murder in the killing of widow Lulubel Rossman and stealing $140000.

Pottstown Philadelphia Raymond Philip Wilson Huntingdon Wilson Lulubel Rossman Dade County Fla Tulsa Okla John Leake Jack Newcomb Jerry LaRosa U.S. Marshals Service Frank J. Ellsworth Tampa, Fla Las Vegas

Boston Skyline Trivia Challenge

The tallest Boston building is the Prudential Tower. The University of Arizona football team nickname is the Wildcats. The Nautilus first traveled under the North Pole in 1958.

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