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Holiday season hard for family of Cathy Carroll (Editor’s Note: The stories below and at right concern two unrelated and un solved murder cases in Fayette County. Family members of Theresa Ann Woods, 14, and Cathy Faye Carroll, 35, described their feelings in recent interviews. Au thorities say the cases are of a high prior ity, but have declined to release many details for fear of revealing too much to suspects. By John C. Dean Staff Writer OAK HILL — The father of a Fayette County woman who was murdered almost eight months ago says he will offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer. Edward Roberts said he was hoping the reward ‘‘would break the case.’’ His daughter, Cathy Faye Carroll, 35, was found mur dered in her Mt. Carbon home on April 22. She had been the city of Ontgomery’s finance adminis trator for seven years. “Her death really hit deep,” Roberts said. “It really hits home. It’s me that just won’t ever go away. If something doesn’t break, we might break.” Roberts described his daugh ter as person who liked to spend time with her children, saying “she raised them right.”’ He said she worked closely with senior citizens, often going on trips with the elderly. Carroll was well-liked by her co-workers in Montgomery and many citizens expressed shock when they learned of her mur der. Seee “On any bit of special occasion Cathy and the curate here (in Oak Hill),”’ he said. “She was awful close to us. It just doesn’t seem right without her. On Christmas Eve we would gather around here and open the presents.”’ The retired coal miner said he and his wife do not plan to put up a Christmas tree this year. Carroll’s daughter, Pam, has been staying with the Roberts since September. “It’s been real hard on Pam,”’ said Roberts. Roberts said he thinks his daughter’s case ‘‘has been put on the shelf’’ by authorities investi gating the murder. “The trail has done got cold,”’ he said. “If they would have got ten on it when it first arone and maybe with some help from the FBI, they would have solved it. Look what they did when someone had one leaf of mari juana. There has been five or six murders committed in this county, and my daughter is one of those that has never been solved. I think they (authorities) should get on it and do some thing. ... I think the community should know what’s going on. It’s too quiet.”’ Fayette County Sheriff Jack Manning said the Carroll case and the highly-publicized Theresa Ann Woods murder in vestigation ‘‘are not lying dor mant. “‘We’re certainly putting more effort into both cases,’’ he said. “I have assigned more people to work on the investigations. They are cases I’m very concerned about. I have reviewed both cases very extensively. I won’t feel satisfied until both cases are drawn to a conclusion.”’ Manning said the two murder cases ‘‘are top priorities with me. The cases are important to me and the department.” Authorities have been reluc tant to release many details about the Carroll and Woods cases, saying we don’t want to tip their hand to the at-large kill ers. Roberts said officers ‘‘just won’t tell us anything,’’ claiming the family at least expected to receive a courtesy call from po lice telling them not to give up hope. “It’s a shame someone would kill somebody like Cathy,” he said. “‘But, I haven’t given up. I hope the reward will bring the killer to justice.”’ Cathy Carroll
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Beckley Register Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Tue, Dec 23, 1986
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