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McCreary native charged with murderREDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Relatives say a man charged with the kidnap-murder of a California woman has a lifetime of trouble with the law that began in a broken home in a Kentucky mining town.“I knew it was going to come to this sooner or later,” said Ninvill Walls of Whitley City, Ky., summing up the life of his nephew, James Gregory Marlow, 30.Marlow pleaded innocent Tuesdaynov ______. _____to charges of murder, kidnapping, kidnapping for robbery, robbery, burglary and two firearms violations, all in connection with the death of Corinna D. Novis, 20, of Redlands.Marlow’s girlfriend. Cynthia Lynn Coffman, 24, pleaded innocent to the same set of charges at the pair’s arraignment in San Bernardino County Municipal Court. The charges carry allegations of specialcircumstances which could make the couple subject to the death penalty if convicted.The two, who were ordered held without bail, also are under investigation in neighboring Orange County in the death of Lynel Murray, 19, a Huntington Beach college student police say was kidnapped from the dry-cleaning shop where she worked. Police there said formal charges could be several weeks away.Marlow’s sister, Veronica Hill Koppers, 27, of Colton, pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges of false imprisonment and receiving stolenBroperty in the case of Ms. Novis. Lichard Drinkhouse pleaded innocent to charges of Kidnapping, kidnapping for robbery ana false imprisonment.Ms. Koppers was held in lieu of $100,000 bail and Drinkhouse on $200,000 bail.Ms. Novis was last seen Nov. 7, when she gave a ride to a couple who approached her in the parking lot of a mall in Redlands, 65 miles east of Los Angeles. Police say they found her body Saturday in nearby Fontana, when Ms. Cotfman led them to a shallow grave.Walls and another relative interviewed by the Los Angeles Herald Examiner said Marlow left his hometown in the Appalachians at age 10, when his mother, Doris Walls Marlow Hill, moved to California.Mrs. Hill eventually died in a trailer fire, the relatives said.“I loved her, but I could see those kids weren’t being raised right,” said Marlow’s first cousin, Beth Staffey, who lives in a trailer in Pine Knot, just outside Whitley City.“Doris was a really wild lady,” Ms. Staffey told the Herald Examiner.Marlow often returned to Whitley City from California, and according to Sheriff Virgil Gibson, he wasanything but welcome.“What time he stayed here, he stayed mostly in jail, Gibson said. “Stolen cars, pot. You name it, I gethim (Hi it.”He also did three years time in California’s Folsom prison on a robbery conviction, ana was paroled in San Bernardino in 1983. Police say that while in prison, Marlow joined the white supramacist gang, Aryan Brotherhood.Redhounds(Continued From Page I)team) became a team of lea'ders,” he said.TTie Redhounds rallied to beat Middlesboro, 22-21, and went on to win the state championship.Burley Foley, a member of the 1976 state championship team, said his team had a choice to make — to be a winner or just football players. “I made up my mind,” he said.‘’You’ve got the same choice.’ ’ 1Senior offensive guard Kyle Sipes said, “The only thing left is to put the jocks on tomorrow night and knock a couple off.”As for the game, school officials expect an overflow crowd at Campbell Field, the largest in several years. )Tom Potter, administrative assistant at Newport Catholic, said, “I imagine we’ll bring 700 to 800 (fans) and one or two fan buses.” Hesaid they sold 200 to 300 tickets to students.Corbin Police Chief Carson Mullins said he has added a couple of extra men to direct traffic and handle crowd control at theRedhound-Thoroughbred game.At gametime, the forecast calls for scattered clouds, light winds and temperature in the mid-40s. No precipitation is expected.Kickoff is set for 8 p.m.
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Corbin Times Tribune
Corbin, Kentucky, US
Fri, Nov 21, 1986
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