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Jurors Indict Two In Murders In County Grand Jury
The county grand jury returned 13 true bills including first and second degree murder indictments. Buffert Ray Doney, 47, faces a capital offense for the shooting death of his daughter Almeda Whitmer, 23, on Brick Yard Road. Davis Nicholson, 20, of Alliance, charged with second degree murder for fatally shooting his 16 year old wife Leela in Alliance. Arraignments set for Monday at 9 a.m. Additional defendants named include John Dollman Rhodes, Andrew J. Parks, and others for breaking and entering, carrying concealed weapons, arson, and related charges across Canton, Massillon, Alliance, and North Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
George N. Graham
Buffert
Ray Doney
Almeda Whitmer
Brick Yard
Doney
Barnhill
New Philadelphia
Tuscarawas County
Davis Nicholson
Alliance
Leela
John Dollman Rhodes
Andrew J. Parks
Massillon
John Morgan
Akron
Negro
Esther M. Karcher
Lloyd Eugene Flowers
Davis Ave
Canton
Lee Taylor
Savannah Ave SE
Robert van Almen
High Ave
Carl Ringwald