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Intensivemanhuntliehepressed sFARMINGTON, Mo, lt;AP) —1th An intensive manhunt was un- a! der way Thursday for a man ar wanted in connection with the shotgun slaying of an elderly CI couple and the deaths of three neighbors in a fire earlier in the day. ^Sheriff Ken Buckley of St. ** Francois County identhied the shooting .victims as Tracy Par- Llt; sons, 70, and his wife, Grace,74. He said they were slain by shotgun blasts fired through a ™ window of their home about 3:30 a.m. £The Parsons’ great-grandson, “Glen Olin Williams, 11 months, Tv was sleeping in a crib near the window. Shotgun pellets fell around the crib but the child Wli'as not hurt. ^Killed in the fire that des- S1 oryed their house were Mrs. e Mberta Jordan, 57; her broth-■r-in-law, Edgar Jordan, 70, u ind-. her grandson, Raymondturordan, 18.A first-degree murder war- l ■ant was issued Thursday ' barging Eugene Wright, 55, rith the killing the Parsons :ouple, the St. Francois County iheriff’s office said.iWright was being sought. Deputies said he lived next loor to the house where Parsons and bis w.fe were shot.Buckley said the bodies of all hree fire victims were found in heir beds. The fire was reporter to the fire department in learby Doe Run about 4 a.m.tPJ1nThe Jordans moved into their house • only Wednesday fromGlover, Mo., Buckley said. Mrs.Jordan’s husband, George, died in Glover three weeks ago.cIcThe man being sought, was identified as a resident of the area..
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Daily Capital News
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Fri, Oct 29, 1971
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