Night Fire At Portales Reveals Damaged Car And Remains
Evidence shows a burned Ford F-150 at a home on Roosevelt Road and remains found inside the trunk. Testimony links the Newmans to a February or March incident with a dome light, a diesel truck, and a possible connection to a potluck routine at the Portales Senior Center.
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Dorie Newman
Odis
Conchas Lake
Doris
Portales
Wells-Fargo
Dixon
Ochis
Newmans
Julie Parker
Case
Cnre
Eunice
Clovis Community College
Stephen Fields
Roosevelt Road
Bedford Murder Trial Opens in Portales Case
Opening statements in Portales man Stanley Bedford 43 faces two counts each of first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the March 2005 killings of Ocis and Doris Newman. Prosecutors say Bedford plotted a robbery with Jerry Fuller, restrained the couple, and killed them as they identified him.
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Freedom Newspapers
Kevin Wilson
Gary Mitchell
Mitchell
Stanley Bedford
Ang
Albuquerque
Portales
Bedford
Ocis
Doris Newman
Fuller testifies in Bedford murder case in Albuquerque
Jerry Fuller testified in the Stanley Bedford trial about his remorse after setting a car fire in which the Newmans were killed. Fuller, serving a 127 year sentence after pleading guilty to the Newmans deaths, described Bedford as a drug pusher and said he bought meth from him in 2004 and 2005.
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Donna Mowrer
Bedford
Jerry Fuller
Newmans
Fuller
Mowrer
Oris Newman
Doris Newman
Albuquerque
Portales
Ochis
Stanley Bedford
Local Weather Partly Sunny Breezy
Partly sunny and breezy conditions are expected with mild temperatures. The extended forecast is available on page 6.
Play Dirty at Tower with Michael Caine Screening
June 1 1969 admission prices listed for adults 1.00 students .75 children .40 Wiley Cox adds crown specimen to barbed wire collection Red Wire first barbed wire ever manufactured around 1857 in Holly Springs Miss A 16 ounce Aqua Net hair spray on sale for 59 cents at BAJ Drug Co.
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Michael Caine
Wiley Cox
Holly Springs
Miss
BAJ Drug Co
Portales considers workforce housing with UniDev plan
Portales mayor and Maryland developer UniDev presented a possible 150 acre workforce housing project west of the city along Floyd Highway. The plan targets about 2 500 middle income workers from Roosevelt County and local institutions with homes priced between 110 000 and 190 000 dollars.
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Portales
Maryland
Portales City Hall
Orlando Ortega Jr
Ortega
Portales City
Roosevelt County
Roosevelt General Hospital
Portales Municipal Schools
Eastern New Mexico University
Jeffrey Koskinen
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