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5C home delivery)Vol. 198 No. 128February 19, 2003 WEDNESDAYEbersole arrested in Gates murderBy Sharyn Maust Gazette Associate EditorState police arrested a Martins-burg man Tuesday morning for the murder of Dana Gates and the attack on her fiance, LorinBurket, on Nov. 30, 2001. Cordell PauliEbersole, 26, was charged with criminal homicide, criminalGazette photo/Sharyn MaustPennsylvania State Police and Bedford County District Attorney Dwight Diehl held a news conference at the Bedford state police barracks Tuesday afternoon to announce an arrest in the Dana Gates murder case. From left are crime unit supervisor Sgt. Daniel Krauss, Diehl, and investigators Cpl. Roger Smith and Tpr. Craig Grassmyer.attempt homicide, aggravat- EBERSOLE ed assault andburglary. He was taken into custody in Blair County, arraigned before District Justice Kathy Calhoun in Everett and jailed. No bail was set because the charges filed include first-degree murder.The evidence against him includes DNA traces, conflicting statements about his relationship with the victim, phone calls he claimed he didn’t make, knowledge on how to enter the Gates home, and information that police feel only he could know aboutGazette file photosTarps cover evidence on the day of the Gates murder marking the site near where she was found.Police investigators converged on the crime scene at the Gates’ residence in Nov. 30,2001,where and how the victim was found.Much of the arrest warrant secured last week describes a disturbing relationship between the victim and the accused. Ebersole was stalking and harassing Gates, 31, when she wanted to be let alone, in the view of those who were interviewed by police.Ebersole had been described as a “subject of interest” in the attack at Gates’ home in Kimmel Tbwnship since early in the investigation. He was the person named in a search warrant issued in December 2001 that the media went to court to obtain after it was sealed. The warrant and an autopsy report remain sealed at least through this week.The affidavit said that “a fresh deposit of trace evidence that contained DNA that matched Ebersole” was found in the Gates home. At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, police would not say what that trace evidence was. (See related story)They also would not discuss “certain items of evidence” in the case but said they do not have the weapon used. Gates and Burket suffered blunt force trauma to the head when they apparently were attacked by someone who had entered the house on Schellsburg Road near Queen.Burket was struck in the head and face while he sat upright in a chair or sofa. He suffered severe head injuries but apparently has recovered sufficiently to provide some information about incidents prior to the attack, police indicated.Gates was attacked at an undisclosed location in the house but “was moving within the residence,” in a hallway and a bedroom, during the attack.A passing motorist discovered Gates bleeding and Blumped on a low wall in front of her house about 5 a.m. She was pronounced dead at Altoona Hospital at 6:12 a.m,—lt; Continued on Page 9
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