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Yuma lawmen joined California officers yesterday afternoon in an air-ground search after Blythe of- ' fieiais reported seeing Leo Parks, ' wanted tor murder, north of BlytheBut the would-be-murder suspect turned out to be a harmless fun-toting hun'er, talking the Colorado Biver hanks.Chief Deputy Jack Chavez sa d a Civil Air Patrol plane spotted the suspect north of Blythe along tiie Colorado R.ver Tne Arizona Highway Patrol notified the Yuma Sheriff Office and a searchlily the spoiled the suspect and landed near the man who turned out to be the innocent hunter.“There is such brush in that area that about the only way you can spot anything is from the air,*’J Chavez said today,* We searched the area from the air for about three hours and didn't see any fresh tracks, headdedParks is wanted m connection with a murder that occured Tuesday about 35 miles south of Blythe Ht* is described as six-feet one-: he.ght, weighing 175 has dark ha*r, brown dark complexion, last seen hitchhiking on State Route ho between Blythe and Needles armed with a .*70 caliber rifle.Parks normally wears western I clothing He has two upper front j tee'h niissing, Chavez said.j party was organized. incii mYuma Civil Air Patrol pilot Don pounds HeCialyen tlew Chavez to trie scene ,/ . , eyes and aand began a ixiuUne air searchwith other craft from Parker andBlythe Arizona Highway Patrol* I men from Wtckenburg and Salome joined Yuma County Deputies Roy Carpenter, Jack H a r o 1 d, j Cnarles Oldham and California officers closing in on the area * A Civil A.r Patrol pilot f r o m iYuma Lawmen Join in Hunt for Killer Suspect
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Thu, Jan 14, 1960
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