Faxon gets life for robbery and murder in Pennsylvania
In a court hearing Judge Walker sentenced Faxon to life imprisonment plus 10 to 20 years for robbery, tied to a deadly assault on Mrs. Groff. The plea spared the death penalty, while Faxon and his supporters urged clemency citing a troubled upbringing and remorse. The victim’s family voiced enduring grief and demanded lifelong imprisonment.
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Faxon
Clayton Faxon
Judge Walker
Groff
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Pennsylvania Board of Appeals
Walker
Trambley
Nelson
Mrs. Groff
Reynolds
David and
Hope
Teenage mother and infant found after search
A 17-year-old mother and her newborn, a biracial girl born June 23, were located after police aided by family members. The teen's friend Miss Burriss described initial fear for the baby's safety and relatives said the infant appeared well cared for upon return.
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Pilal
Miss Burriss
Robert
Frances Burriss
Roger Scott
Eva Burriss
Kathryn
D.C
Baltimore
Chase
Mr. Scheetz
FBI
Washington
Mrs. Burris
Venable Victims Murder Case Recalls 1956 Dancer Friends
Shelby Venable and Mary Elizabeth Fellers, best friends from Beltsville and Laurel, vanished June 1 1956 after a dance night. Their bodies were found in the Potomac near Brunswick and Catoctin Creek on the Virginia side, nude and strangled, with investigators later linking the killer to Rees who confessed to several murders before dying in 1995.
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Shelby
Mary Elizabeth
Laurel
Catoctin Creek
Virginia
Beltsville
Potomac River
Brunswick
North Laurel
Edwin
Potomac
Ken Venable
Stella Sherman
Rees
FBI
Mrs. Sherman
Sherman
Stella
Bill McKelway
Richmond, Va
Times-Dispatch
Carroll Jackson
Mildred
Susan Ann
Janet
Jacksons
Apple Grove
Springfield
Venable Fellers
Jackson
Mr. McKelway
Fisher 1942 Frederick High School graduate and Navy veteran
Fisher, a 1942 Frederick High School graduate, served in the South Pacific in World War I and owned Fisher Plumbing and Heating then Fisher Real Estate in Frederick. He belonged to multiple local clubs and churches, maintained a Naples winter home, and survived by his wife, three sons, a daughter, ten grandchildren, two sisters, a sister-in-law, and two nephews. Visitation Friday at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home with a Christian Wake, memorial Mass Saturday at St. John the Evangelist, Frederick. Interment is private. Memorial donations to charity of choice.
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Frederick High School
South Pacific
United States Navy
Fisher
Fisher Plumbing and Heating
Frederick
Fisher Real Estate
Grace United Church of Christ
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
John R. Webb
American Legion
Thomas
Horace Kline
Ralph M. Fisher
Alden E. Fisher
Keeney and Basford
E. Second St
Wayne G. Funk
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Cheryl Friend
Penny
Orono
America
Shoe Dept
Mac
Pella Windows & Doors
Metropolitan
Pella
Enscapeen
South Mountain Inn
Hyattsville
U.S. Medical Center
Frederick County
McKelway
Hagerstown Fairgrounds
Hagerstown
Cleveland Ave
Fairgrounds
Fairview Center
7Th St
Valie
Ryo
Baltimore/Washington
Frederick's Ambulance Service, Inc
Freder
K’syce
Johns Hopkins
Miemis
Frederick’s Ambulance Service
Papre
Sraghi
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