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V f 'G GE TKEtti vers i-fromdisal-elatesSlope Defense lawyers for1 par-manactive barged with murderingcam- eight people on board the► that fishing vessel Investor inrision 1982, claim that the grand(This Was erroneously told he hadjury which indicted Peelnor).madei the ment during a taped inter-ults, view with police,1 and The grand jury was toldPeel said: “Tmanions Im scared. I canthe things I did in there. ”Mar- Defenseone lip Weidner and Brant Mefling Gee claim the tape actuallysays: I'm scared man, I'mscared, I can't believe youall think I did that9 9McGeeto the tape more than a 100usetimes and played it fordozen people, all ofO f c *the heard what he heard.the Ketchikan District Attorney Mary Ann Henryrind said Saturday she was un-i0irhe sure which version was cor-5e. f’ect, but agreed an errorto was possible. She said shewanted to listen to a ^ slowed-down replay before ire commenting. ise Henry strongly dis-id. agreed with defensethat the state's case against ias Peel is weakening due to al-rdlegations of intimidatedd witnesses and impropern. grand jury procedure.The case is “strongernow than when the decisionwas made to arrest, ” Henrysaid. The evidence under at-surfaced aftercase was put together byes,Alaska State Troopers ander is not necessary for successes ful prosecution, she said.Weidner, however, saidle that the evidence I've seen ° thus far5S fore they went to the grand f jury, would not warrant anindictment and certainlye would not warrant a con-9 9a vie t ion.Police believe Peel mur-Markand Irene Coulthurst, theirand fomembers who were slainsometime during the nightof Sept. 5, 1982 as thevessel was docked in Craig.The murderer later sailed the vessel to a cove a-fromopened its seacocks. Usingthe Investor's motorizedskiff,Craig. Fog and rain hid theboat for two days, butwhen the weather cleared,the murderer discovered theafloatback to burn it.Peel knew the Coulthurst s, had worked previ-for Markand was working in Craiganother fishingContinued on m
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Fairbanks Pioneer All Alaska Weekly
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Fri, Dec 14, 1984
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