Gardendale suspect testifies in 8 year old assault case
In 70th District Court Donald LeClair 47 described his home as popular with neighborhood children and denied forcing sex on the girl. The defense highlighted his work at Odessa Medical Center Hospital and past prison terms while the girl’s mother and a physician for the defense testified.
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Gardendale
Donald LeClair
Hollyhock Trailer Court No. 1
Bill Alexander
70Th District Court
LeClair
Alexander
Deputies Seek Suspect in Monahans Woman Death
Monahans Ward County deputies pursue leads in the death of 20 year old Marbella Martinez whose body was found partially clothed in a field. Sheriff D Hall said investigators have composites from three people but lack a solid identification of who she was last seen with. Martinez had been missing since May 26 and was found behind a bush June 3 with a cut throat and a shirt wrapped around her neck.
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Monahans — Ward County Sheriff
MonAhans
D. Hall
Marbella Martinez
Martinez
Lawmen hunt for escape from Andrews County jail
Lawmen across Texas continued to search for 26 year old prisoner Gary Lynn Morgan who escaped Andrews County jail late Monday by jumping through an open window. Morgan was awaiting a capital murder trial since March 8 for the March 6 death of Jimmy Davis in Midland County. A Callahan County deputy reported a man matching the description, posing as a sheriff deputy, at a gas station near Abilene before fleeing in a damaged car much earlier in the week.
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Andrews County
Sheriff's Department
Gary Lynn Morgan
Wayne Farmer
Morgan
Jimmy Davis
Midland County
Callahan County
Bill Skinner
Andrews
Skinner
Obituary notices from West Texas region list multiple services
Obituaries and funeral notices for Harvey J Horton, Ellis E Wilkerson, Martina Montez, H S Miller, Dollie Howell, Manuel Gonzales, and related life events. Details include birth years, service times, churches and cemeteries, military or lodge affiliations, survivor lists, and burial directions. Also lists birth announcements, marriages applications, and divorces granted from Midland area.
Vehicle license fees rise for Ector County drivers
Ector County drivers renewing vehicle license plates will pay an extra 6.25 dollars starting in July, part of a revenue bill signed by Gov. Mark White. Fees now depend on vehicle mode, with 1979 and older models at 34.55, 1981–82 at 44.55, and 1983+ at 52.55, plus an additional 5 to support road and bridge funds. July renewals will use four‑part forms and expire July 31.
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Ector County
Lea Taylor
Taylor
Mark White
County
Motor
Official clarifies site of suit filing in Midland court
The Barneses of Coulter Studios sued the state as an adversary in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas, Midland Division, seeking punitive damages after filing for Chapter 13. The state had sought a temporary injunction in Ector County, and a hearing was held April 29.
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Odessa
Midland
Amarillo U.S. District Court
Clyde Farrell
Consumer Protection
Texas Attorney General's Office
Austin
Farrell
Carl Raymond Barnes
Janie
Coulter Studios
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Western District of Texas
Midland Division
Barneses
Ector County
Gene Ater
Maria Luisa Mercado
Ther
Retrial hearing possible for John Skelton in 60 days
A district judge said a retrial for capital murder defendant John Skelton will likely be set about 60 days from now. Judge Tryon Lewis noted each side needs roughly 30 days to prepare, with a hearing likely upon request. Skelton was sentenced to death in 1983 for the April 1982 car bombing of Joe Neal and faces four related solicitation indictments.
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John Skelton
Tryon Lewis
161St District Court
Skelton
Lewis
Austin
David Botsford
Ector County
Joe Lee Neal
Neal
Odessan
Bob Byard
14Th St
Grandview Avenue
Brentwood Drive
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Monte Whaley
Colorado
Leavenworth
Kaw
Dennis Cadra
Prem Guta
Maria Plikaitis
MCH
Plikaitis
Harvey Horton
Harvey Jay Horton
East Ridge Road
First United Methodist Church
Trent
Frank W. Wilson
Trent Cemetery
Starbuck Funeral Home
Mr. Horton
Medical Center Hospital
Merkel
Trent High School
Lubbock
Country Crest
Esmeralda Horton
Mike Sparks
Danny Sparks
Big Spring
Fred Horton
Helen Hughs
Abilene
Peggy Hudson
Alvin
Jerry Horton
Mrs
Knox Johnson
Amarillo
Ellis Wilkerson McCamey
Ellis
Wilkerson
McCamey
Rest Haven Cemetery
Jerry Jones
Shannon West Texas Hospital
San Angelo
Big Lake
Edwina Ross
McCamey. Mr. Wilkerson Moved To McCamey
Upton County
Mobil Oil Consignee
Wanda Pileen Wilkerson
Arlington
Wayne Ellis Wilkerson
Justin
Brian Franklin Wilkerson
Dallas
Leon Brown
Los Angeles
Calif
Richard W. Box Funeral Home of
Martina Montez
Imperial
Martina E. Montez
Old Community House
Patrick Flood
Imperial Cemetery
Fort Stockton
Antonio Esparza
Faustina Rodriguez
H.S. Miller Midland
H.S
Sam’’ Miller
Nalley- Pickle & Welch Funeral Home
Dollie Howell
Dollie C. Howell
Santa Rosa Ave
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Manuel Gonzales
Portland
Immaculate Concepcion Catholic Church
Maxwell P. Dance
Gregory Cemetery
Mr. Gonzales
Memorial Hospital
Corpus Christi
Dilley
Maria Lerma
Pecos
Asherton
Amado Gonzales
Toribio Gonzales
Marcelo Gonzales
Augustine Gonzales
Gregory
San Juana Ruiz
Cayetana Sauceda
Manuela Lira
Ignacia Guerra
Linton
Cecilia Robledo
Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Larry Benson
Linda Ave
Boy
Larry Agnew
W. 1Th St
William D. Carter
Hemphill Ave
James Fambro
Vincent McNeely
N. Hancock Ave
Delton Wade Bradford
Tina LaShon Williams
Rafael Alder Sylvas
Velma Hidalgo
Brady Whitley Bredemeyer
Jamie Lanell Wheeler
Cesar Raul Rios
Cecilia Cuellar
David Thomas Head
Jayne Melissa Davis
Ronald Jack Brackett
Jennifer Ann Wheaton
Robert Thomas Bean
Cindy Lynn Bean
Ronald E. McBride
Theta R. McBride
Harold A. Salmon ii
Lisa Gayle Salmon
Debra Dukes Sherman
Raigan Darell Sherman
Margaret Ann Greathouse
Russell Ray Greathouse
Gary Lynn Monroe
Margaret Jo Monroe
Ruth Lena Tucker
Frank Abbauzit Tucker
Gerald Jones
Wyoming Ave
Washington Avenue
Sam Houston
Jones
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