Missouri Woman Bites Officials and Is Committed
A 23 year old Missouri woman Claudette Jean Porter of Howardsville is accused of fighting with police and biting three Jackson County officials. She was moved to Anna Mental Health Center under an emergency commitment after biting Deputy Sheriff Dave Nichols a doctor and an attendant. While in jail she allegedly threw water at a matron and bit Nichols during transfer. Nichols required a tetanus shot.
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Missouri
Jackson County
Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center
Claudette Jean Porter
Howardsville
Dave Nichols
Anna Center
Sheriff's Office
Illinois 13
Murphysboro
Woodrow Procunier
Vernon Porter
Procunier
Anna
Nichols
Chicago 23-year-old charged with area rape near Devil's Kitchen
A 23-year-old Chicago man, among 30 riders in Southern Illinois for Memorial Day, was arrested at 2 a.m. near Devil's Kitchen Lake and charged with rape. Robert Joseph Tarqueno is jailed in Marion on $40,000 bond. A June 12 preliminary hearing is set. Deputies released no further information.
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Chicago
Illinois
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Robert Joseph Tarqueno
Williamson County
Carbondale
Tarqueno
Marion
Autopsy Expected in Murphysboro Death Case
An autopsy is due later this week to determine the cause of death of Connie Dunn 37 of Route 3 Murphysboro. County Coroner Don Ragsdale said the autopsy was performed Saturday at Memorial Hospital Carbondale and no report should be ready today or Wednesday. He noted no evidence of foul play or violence. Mrs Dunn was found dead in her car Friday in a garage at her home. the car engine was not running. Funeral services were held Monday with burial in Parrish Cemetery Vergennes.
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Connie Dunn
Route 3
Murphysboro
Don Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Dunn
Parrish Cemetery
Vergennes
Inquests Set Wednesday Into Four Deaths
Inquests into four deaths will be held Wednesday at the Franklin County Courthouse in Benton. Two Benton area youths Dean Mandrell and Carlos Nunez died in a May 10 car crash on Illinois 37, with Nunez later dying in a St. Louis hospital. The other two victims Bruce Rose and Kenneth Tucker, both missing since May 13 while fishing on Bend Lake, were found May 23 in the Marcum Branch area. Randall Linson, 19, survived the wreck and was treated in Benton.
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Ste. Genevieve
Franklin County
Benton
Bruce S. Rose
Kenneth Tucker
Dean C. Mandrell
Carlos A. Nunez
Mr. Rose
Mr. Tucker
Bend Lake
Marcum
Nunez
Benton High School
Mandrell
Illinois
St. Louis
Randall Linson
Franklin Hospital
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Southern Illinois University of Carbondale
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Dave
Tuttle
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