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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1998

Page

6

Silent terror grips Raeford after kidnapping and killing child

In a small North Carolina town of 3,500, Brittany was abducted January 7 while waiting for a school bus and found dead the next day. Lynn Locklear was fatally hurt in the incident as investigators from local to federal levels flood the area. Residents wear white ribbons and fear grows as a task force searches for suspects while townspeople reflect on the breach of safety in their quiet community.

Sae Lynn Locklear Joann Mireles Smitty's Cleaners Brittany Wayne Byrd LaEvelyn Locklear Raeford

Treasure diver hunts golf balls in Tucson water hazards

Jeff Ebbert a former Navy SEAL digs ponds at 16 courses around Tucson for lost golf balls and occasional clubs. He works year round in water up to 15 feet deep, selling recovered balls to a Phoenix firm and sometimes diving in mid forty degree temps. Ebbert says reclamation ponds can be murky and full of silt but provide steady work and a chance to profit from discarded balls.

Jeff Ebbert Randolph North Golf Course Tucson Ariz Ebbert Black Lagoon Titleist Ping Spalding Dunlap Navy Phoenix Department of Corrections Green Valley Arizona City Hawaii Costa Rica

Swat Officers Help Nab Restaurant Debt Dodgers

Three men fled Urbana Garden Family Restaurant after dining breakfast without paying. Four SWAT team members were eating there and helped police track the suspects by their license plate, leading to arrests.

Urbana, Ill SWAT Urbana Garden Family

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