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professionals already know it.”HARRISBURG (AP)—An Arkansas man suspected of killing a i- Southern Illinois man has beene arrested by Nevada police, whoit say they used a tattoo to confirmhis identity, e Joseph William Jordan, 19, waso arrested in Lander County, Nev.,8 early Saturday after he ran out ofgas and money near a service sta-11 tion and asked the attendant if the3 county had a program to helpi- stranded motorists, said Salineis County Sheriff George Henley.The attendant called the local e sheriff to ask if anyone could helpy Jordan. A deputy made a routineio check on Jordan’s car and disco-d vered it was stolen, Henley said.Police said the car belonged to it Ralph Thompson, a 55-year-oldd Carrier Mills man who was found:o shot to death and wrapped in ais quilt Aug. 13.iy Saline County police faxed ain photograph of Jordan’s face to:h Lander County police, but it was►e unclear, said Cpl. Zack Gibbons ofid the Saline County Sheriff’s Department, ig Gibbons then faxed them a *e photograph of a tattoo of a rose on le Jordan’s upper arm.18 “That did it. The rose did himin,’’ Gibbons said.Tattoo helpsman
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Jacksonville Journal Courier

Jacksonville, Illinois, US

Mon, Aug 24, 1992

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