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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1983

Page

24

Four state investigators weigh Lucas linked slayings in Texas

Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Florida investigators spent seven hours at the Texas DPS reviewing 39 unsolved murders tied to Henry Lee Lucas. Nine cases were eliminated. about 30 remain potentially Lucas linked, as Col. Jim Adams planned interviews with involved detectives.

Austin Henry Lee Lucas Texas Louisiana Arkansas Florida Texas Department of Public Safety Ector Odessa Jim Adams DPS Lucas Adams

Two East Texas men convicted in slave labor case

A Tyler AP report says Steven Crawford, 20, Center, and Randall Waggoner, 22, Nacogdoches, were found guilty by a federal jury on 19 counts for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, transporting them, and involuntary servitude. The men ran a farm where migrant workers labored without pay, fed only every other day, to cover travel from the Mexican border to East Texas. Sentencing is set for February 6.

TYLER East Texas Steven Crawford Center Randall Waggoner Nacogdoches East Texas

San Antonio rapist accepts chemical castration plan

Joseph Frank Smith admitted raping a San Antonio woman twice and, after his August sentencing, agreed to chemical castration via Depo-Provera at a Johns Hopkins clinic. He says the injections lower his sex drive and helps control urges as he undergoes therapy. Smith, 30, lives with relatives in Virginia and commutes weekly to Baltimore for treatment, with probation officials tracking his case.

San Antonio Joseph Frank Smith Smith Johns Hopkins Hospital Richmond Johns Hopkin Baltimore Bexar County Cesar Garcia Virginia San Antonio Light San Antonio Express-News Texas

Pistol packing woman holds Dallas cops at bay

In northeast Dallas a woman with three children in her car used an unloaded pistol to threaten officers for more than three hours. Negotiators failed to elicit a response as the standoff ended when she surrendered to a priest. No charges were filed. she will be booked for assault.

Dallas John C. Holt Jr Holt Hold Donald R. Marshall

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