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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 2000
Page
1
A Dallas Morning News report says Jesse James remains sought while a grave marker mix up at Granbury cemetery triggered the claim that J Frank Dalton, who died in 1951, proved the James link by DNA testing. Bud Hardcastle financed the test and apologized for the error.
In Luling, Texas, three fires started at about 3 a.m. behind downtown buildings gutted an antique store, a barbecue restaurant, and a plumbing company, destroying about 20 percent of the historic district and causing several hundred thousand dollars in damage. Arson is suspected as investigators question two men and review other leads.
A midnight shooting in Big Spring left three dead and one wounded. Suspect David Martinez, 17, is jailed on a $125,000 bond for murder. Victim names include Simona DeLeon 39 and Janie Tejerina Mendez 56. Wounded comrade Vicki Green 24 identified the suspect.
Prosecutors in the fatal Big Spring shootings say illegal drugs likely influenced the case. David Martinez 17 opened fire at 815 West Sixth Street after moving from San Angelo with his wife Carmelita and their infant. Three people died Simona DeLeon 39 Janie Tejerina Mendez 56 and Chris Delgado 21. Vicki Green 24 was wounded and identified Martinez as the shooter. Police detained Martinez soon after at his brother's residence.
A four month old girl, Gwendolyn Thomas, died of heat stroke after being left strapped in a car seat in a 1996 Ford Explorer for about seven hours. Miscommunication between Euphrame and Tammy Thomas led to the infant not being found until 3:30 p.m. and pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. Autopsy to be performed by De Kalb County Medical Examiner's office. The parents claimed they did not realize the baby remained in the vehicle while the other child was taken to daycare.
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