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Bond Posted In Slaying Case Of Grimes Girls
Edward Lee Bedwell known as Bennie Bedwell and two Grimes sisters, Patricia 13 and Barbara 15, were released on 20000 bond from Cook County Jail. Bedwell’s attorney said rehabilitation plans were arranged while officials pursue further hearings. Police offered no leads as the bodies of the Grimes sisters were found January 22 near a southwest Chicago road after they disappeared December 28. Medical examiners could not determine the cause of death.
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Edward Lee
Bennie) Bedwell
Barbara
Grimes
Patricia
Cook County
Morris Brown
Champaign
Bedwell
David Bradshaw
Aaron Brown
Paris
Tenn
Brown
Ethel Bradberry
Wilbert F. Crowley