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Dugas and Burnett indicted in Winnie family killings
Jefferson County District Attorney says the state will seek the death penalty for Ovide Dugas and Linda Burnett after a grand jury indicted them on two counts of capital murder and one count of murder for the slayings of Bishop and Ester Phillips, their son Elmer and daughter-in-law Martha, and four-year-old grandson July 1. Dugas led authorities to a grave containing the five bodies. Arraignments are set for Friday and Thursday. bond was denied in both cases.
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Gist
Bishop Phillips
Ester
Elmer
Martha
Phillips
Elmer Phillips
Dugas
Jefferson County
Chambers County
Anahuac
Beaumont
Burnett
Hamshire
Leo
Joe Goodwin
McGrath
R.E. Culbertson
Mary