Abductors Shift Tactics After Hospital Security Tightened
In Lubbock a woman posed as a nurse and abducted a four day old girl from the home after befriending the mother. Experts note attackers now target homes as hospitals tighten security while agencies tally hundreds of past cases and stress continued parental vigilance.
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Dallas
Lubbock
Jeff Aldridge
Security Assessments International
North Carolina
Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell
Villanova University College of Nursing
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Woman claims birth days before infant abduction in Lubbock
An acquaintance of Stephanie Jones said Jones claimed to have just given birth, raising doubt about her story. Jones, arraigned on kidnapping and abandoning a child, allegedly took a newborn found later in extreme heat under a condominium carport. The infant was reunited with mother Erica Usasaga after the incident.
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Dowdell
Texas
Erica Ysasaga
Stephanie Jones
Lubbock
Ysasaga
Jones
Eloma Clark
Clark
Priscilla Nicole Maldonado
Erica Usasaga
Priscilla
Man extradited in Odessa teen shooting death case
A 27 year old man, Brian Marshawn Purvis, extradited from Carpentersville Illinois to Odessa, remains in Ector County Detention Center on a parole violation and is charged with murder in the May 14 shooting death of 19 year old Adam Marshall outside Billys Zodiac Club. Tyrone Thomas was shot in the right leg but released May 16 with no charges filed.
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Odessa
Carpentersville, Ill
Brian Marshawn Purvis
Adam Marshall
Billy
Zodiac Club
Odessan
Tyrone Thomas
Thomas
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa Crime Blotter Sees Vehicle Collision and Burglary
The Odessa blotter lists a 4:50 p.m. collision on North West County Road 1600 block, an assault at 9:05 p.m. on Adams Avenue, and a vehicle burglary at 4700 Oakwood Drive involving CDs worth 10 750 dollars plus a CD player and briefcase. An 1800 dollar airbag suspension and speaker box were taken from 4300 Esmond Drive. A 46 year old Odessa man faces cocaine possession charges.
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Odessa
North
Adams Avenue
Oakwood Drive
Esmond Drive
Diller and Grado Deaths Mark Texas Obituaries in June 2006
Multiple Texas communities report deaths from June 6 and 7 2006. Includes Donald Wayne Diller Kermit 52 with funeral today, Jose phine Castelo Grado Odessa 67 with rosary tonight and mass Thursday, Raymundo Aguilar Martinez Pecos 75 with rosary and mass today, Anna Mae Tucker 85 Dallas Fort Davis service details, Joan Warren 64 Kermit, Jolene Hash 62 Monahans, Genevieve Kidd 88 Denver City. Survivors list cover spouses children siblings and numerous grandchildren.
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Odessa
Josephine Castelo Grado
Odessa Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Joseph Uecker
Rose Hill Cemetery
Fort Stockton
Victor Grado
Alex
Pecos
Raymundo Aguilar Martinez
Odessa Regional Hospital
Pecos Funeral Home
Santa Rosa Church
Manuel Munoz
Mount Evergreen Cemetery
Faye M
Denver City
Genevieve Edith Kidd
Boyer Funeral Home
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Rayford L Shaver obituary from Palestine Texas
Rayford L Shaver died June 4 2006 after a lengthy illness. Born November 10 1922 in Palestine he served in the Merchant Marines during World War II. He worked for Sid Richardson Gas Co for forty years and was a Master Mason. Survived by wife Earlene two sons and grandchildren. Services June 9 2006 at Evangelist Temple New Beginnings Church. Interment Roselawn Cemetery. Donations to Mo's Country Living.
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Palestine
Rayford L. Shaver
Texas
James Clayton
Annie Mae Shaver
Merchant Marines
Margaret Brent
Grand Lodge of Kermit
Sid Richardson Gas Co
Earlene Shaver
Teachers Association of Texas
Jane Skidmore
Adolph
J. C. Shaver
Nancy Scales Shaver
Ronald Shaver
Gary Shaver
Kay
Sydney Paige Shaver
Opal Ashley
Lonnie R. Hayter
Jan Travland
Gregory Hayter
Jason Lindsey
Tracee Bullock
Evangelist Temple
New Beginnings Church
N. Loop 256
Lonnie Hayter
Barry Roberts
Dan Gibbs
First Baptist Church
Monahans
Roselawn
Nancy Shaver
Ronald
Gary Shave
Harkey
Odessa pair arrested on cocaine possession charges
A 46-year-old Odessa woman and a man were arrested at 11:53 p.m. Monday in the 300 block of East 21st Street and charged with possession of cocaine. Daniel Corrales Mendoza of 918 E. 12th St. was released Wednesday from the Ector County Detention Center on a $2,500 bond. Martha Isela Mendoza of the same address was released Wednesday on a $15,000 bond.
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Odessa
East 21St Street
Daniel Corrales Mendoza
12Th St
Ector County Detention Center
Martha Isela Mendoza
Interstate wreck kills woman injures two relatives near Fort Stockton
A 32-year-old woman Maggela K. Hornby of Glenoma Washington died after a rollover on Interstate 10 about 34 miles east of Fort Stockton. Her daughter Cosette 3 and husband Arthur L. Hornby 33 were in critical condition at Fort Worth and Medical Center hospitals. Five month old Elodie Hornby was uninjured. The driver veered onto the median then corrected, oversteered and the 2000 Ford Explorer rolled during the 7 40 a m incident.
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Fort Stockton
Maggela K. Hornby
Glenoma
Wash
Texas Department of Public Safety
Cosette Hornby
Fort Worth
Arthur L. Hornby
Medical Center Hospital
Elodie Hornby
National Guard to Deploy 2300 On Texas Border by August
Officials said Texas National Guard units should be in place along the border by August 1 after Gov. Perry signed the order authorizing up to 2300 troops. Col. Bill Meehan noted preparations began immediately with 150 planners and leaders in the Austin area as the force trains and arrives through July for placement.
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National Guard
Texas
Dallas
Texas National Guard
Austin
Texas Guard
Bill Meehan
Rick Perry
Meehan
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Linville
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Manuel Grado
Rosa Heredia
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Leecha Esparza
Lupe Urias
Rita Garza
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Dick Zimmer
Elm Grove Cemetery
Geeslin
Joan Warren
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Stanley Hufty
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Rita Bons
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Charlie Dorman
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Jean Foxworth
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Larline Russell
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Betty Collins
Marble Falls
Dottie Paschal Warren
Maryland
Jolene Hash
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