Former DA grills in Skelton pretrial case
Former Ector County district attorney Mike Holmes testified in a pretrial hearing over four 1983 attempted murder for hire indictments against John Skelton. Holmes said the indictments were sought because Skelton was believed guilty, not as vindictive, and the judge overruled Botsford’s motions to dismiss. Skelton remains appeals from a 1983 death sentence for a car bombing.
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Ector County
Wednesday
Mike Holmes
David Botsford
Austin
John Skelton
Skelton
Holmes
Dennis Cadra
70Th District Court
Botsford
Gene Ater
Ater
Joe Lee Neal
Fort Worth
Odessa
Tim Madigan
Odessa American
Witnesses testify to Deal's activities in 1983 case
Alpine residents Dan Akers and Jack Hinkel testified about Dwight Deal's whereabouts on Oct 10 1983 the day his wife Sandy was killed. The autopsy showed a head injury from a blunt instrument. Jurors heard testimony on timing and possible attacker handedness amid a judge gag order and admissibility questions.
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Fort Stockton
Alpine
Dwight Deal
Dan Akers
Deal
Deal of Alpine
Sandy
Jack Hinkel
Hinkel
el Paso
Sandy Deal
Juan Contin
Doris Sipes
Contin
Phil Pollan
83Rd
Alex Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Sipes
Fred B. Vogt Jr
William J. Savada
Vogt
Texas
Clayton McKinney
Savada
Dwight
Williams
Bart Pate
Pate
Extradition Looms for Virginia Fraud Suspect in Odessa
Charles Nance Curry, 49, awaited extradition to Virginia after turning himself in to Odessa bondsman Tom Barker. He faces charges of illegally obtaining and not repaying loans totaling over 300000 dollars and defrauding Virginia customers of 21014 dollars for cabinets and labor. Extradition proceedings began in 1981, with multiple appeals delaying removal. The case involves Virginia counties Mathews and Gloucester and a 1984 ruling ordering Curry back to Virginia. District Attorney Eric Augesen noted Curry had recent work near San Angelo.
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Charles Nance Curry
Ector County
Virginia
Tom Barker
San Angelo
Judy Burkes
Mathews
Gloucester
Curry
Eric Augesen
Oak Creek
Odessa speller misses first word at national bee trip
Brian Heathman a 12 year old from Nimitz Junior High won the regional spelling bee in Odessa earning a trip to the Washington national contest. He missed the first word irascible in the first round ending his bid for the 1000 prize. He will stay in DC through Saturday and hopes to meet the President.
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Washington
Brian Heathman
Odessa
Nimitz
Brian
Ken Heathman
Somerset Lane
George Washington
Mount Vernon
White House
Reagan
Gail Covey
the American
Kathryn Nelson
Hobbs
N.M
Kathryn
Alan Soderfelt
Lea County
Lubbock
Hobbs Municipal
Don Wood
Covey
Police Beat Odessa Report June 5 Unauthorized Vehicle Thefts
Odessa police logged two unauthorized use of motor vehicle cases on Monday night into Tuesday morning. Rebecca Kane reported a 1978 Subaru stolen from Cheers at 815 North Grandview Avenue valued at 1700. Hashen Hassanpour reported a 1979 Toyota Corolla stolen from 2225 East 52nd Street valued at 1700. In addition Henry Freund reported a gas stove, patio cover and barbecue grill worth 1050 stolen from his home between Saturday and Tuesday. Jackie Collette-Hill reported oil damage valued at 1000 dumped into a pool at Wincrest Apartments between 10 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. Monday.
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Rebecca Mary Kane
Subaru
N. Grandview Ave
L. Orras
Hashen Hassanpour
E. 52Nd St
W. Nielson
Henry Freund
Pecan Road
T. Gettings
Jackie Collette-Hill
Wincrest Apartments
Penbrook Ave
R B. Holt
Deaths and marriages in the region obituary notices
Death notices and civil events list graveside services for Earnie B Harris 91 and Ben P Hall 70 with funeral arrangements by Nalley Pickle and Welch and Singleton Funeral Home. Also upcoming services for Mariana Rios Fuentes and Claude Leroy Hill, along with multiple marriage applications and divorces from May 28 29 in Odessa Andrews and McCamey.
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Earnie Harris
Earnie B. Harris
Bonham Ave
Mount Olive Memorial Park
Big Spring
Larry Ashlock
Nalley- Pickle & Welch Funeral Home
Ben Hall Andrews
Ben P. Hall
Andrews
Andrews Cemetery
Ted Short
Singleton Funeral Home
Hall
Veterans Hospital
Walnut Grove
N.C
Fort Stockton
Bobby Hall
Riverdale
Mariana Fuentes
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Monte Whaley
Raul Sosa
Richard Vargas
Raul
Isaias
Sosa
N. Adams Ave
Richard
Jesse Vargas
N. Milburn Ave
Odessan
Barker
Burkes
Bill Clements
8Th Court of Appeals
Hessler
Ann Whisenhunt
Fay Sumake
Lara Meade
North Wilkesboro
Mae Swain
Morganton
Benserlado Fuentes
Juanita Pena
Smithville
Manuel Fuentes
Lovington, N.M
Pete Fuentes
McCamey
Otila Rios
Santiago Rios
Grandfalls
Lupe Rios
Claude Hill
Claude Leroy Hill
Dexter
East Hill Cemetery
David Richardson
David L. Richardson
Truman St
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Robert Earl Broome
Carol Diana Hair
Robert Lawrence Hager
Robin Renee Whicker
Francisco R. Gomez Jr
Tracy Renee Bauer
David Lee Ellen
Cynthia Anne Poore
Jose Loya Rodriguez Jr
Teresa Sotelo Garcia
Billy Doyle Miller
Teresa Nan Senn
Steven Douglas Goff
Grace Elizabeth George
Glenn Alan Anderson
Michelle Jane Collins
Melinda Jane Williams
Johnny Williams
James A. Morris
Nelda K. Morris
Doug E. Fellows
Bobbie M. Fellows
Wanda Sue Turner
Breddy Scott Turner
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