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7E-Strickler
ANCHOR=Melanie
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TAPE#97-69
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Yesterday, a federal judge granted death row inmate Tommy David Strickler a
new trial.
The state already said it will appeal.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Augusta Co./File Tape;
Strickler got the death sentence for the 19-90 abduction and murder of
Roanoke resident and James Madison University student Leann Whitlock.
His co-defendant got a life sentence.
Strickler was convicted for bashing Whitlock's head with a 70-pound rock.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Legal Scales
Federal Judge Robert Merhige ("MARRIAGE") ruled yesterday that whether in
"good faith or bad" files pertinent to Strickler's case were "suppressed" by
the prosecutor in Augusta County.
The Attorney General's office is appealing the ruling.
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Leann Whitlock's family members say they're hoping and praying for strength
to make it through another trial.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
They're still dealing with the loss of their daughter.
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SOT 8:48:36
IN Q=BUT TO GO THROUGH
((BUT TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE. AND WE HAD A LOT
OF SUPPORT THE FIRST TIME. AND I'M PRAYING AND HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE
SUPPORT FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A RETRIAL. ))
SUPER=07-Esther Whitlock;
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OUT Q=THROUGH A RETRIAL
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VO-NAT
The Whitlocks heard about the conviction being overturned last night-- Today
they're trying to learn more about the situation.
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7E-Sex-Offender
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-68
GRAPHIC=Richard Maulick
Some angry parents in the Botetourt County community of Cloverdale want
their new neighbor to pack up and move out.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
Forty-seven- year- old Richard Maulick came to the area last month to start
fresh after serving a 12 year prison sentence.
Maulick was convicted in 19-85 of sodomy and aggravated sexual battery
against his daughter.
He claims the accusations were trumped up by his former wife to gain custody
of their three children...but he pleaded guilty to the charges.
Now some residents are passing out flyers with Maulick's picture warning he's
a criminal.
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SOT 15:49:58
IN Q=Why in
((PAT DEEL:WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE...WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. Sheriff Reed
Kelly/Botetourt Co. ))
SUPER=01-Pat Deel/Maulick's Landlord; :00
SUPER=01-Reed Kelly/Botetourt Co. Sheriff; :11
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OUT Q=all the facts
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VO-NAT
Several neighbors say they'd like to see state law changed so communities are
notified when a convicted child molester moves to town.
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7E-NS-Building
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jda
TAPE#97-62
GRAPHIC=Norfolk Southern
The city of Roanoke and students
in the area are getting some help from Norfolk Southern.
The railroad is donating three buildings, including the offices that will
house a new higher education center.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Norfolk Southern vacated the buildings in 19-92.
With plans for the education center now taking shape, the railroad is
donating the buildings to a downtown Roanoke foundation.
State Senator John Edwards has spearheaded support for the center and says
the railroad's gift is an important step.
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SOT
IN Q=The architecture school
((THE ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL AT VIRGINIA TECH HAS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID YOU NEED
TO PRESERVE THEM, THEIR HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND THIS IS A
WAY TO MAKE SURE THESE BUILDINGS LIVE ON AND HAVE A NEW LIFE NOW THAT NORFOLK
SOUTHERN HAS MOVED OUT OF THEM.))
SUPER=@Edwards;
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OUT Q=moved out of them.
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VO-NAT
The gift also includes the old passenger station which has its own
sentimental and historic significance.
Plans for the station are not complete, but the building will likely serve
as a visitors center.
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7weather
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Taking a look at your Thursday forecast... Look for partly sunny skies and
chilly temperatures highs only reaching near 60.
Tonight looks mostly cloudy with nighttime lows in the mid to upper 40's.
And taking a look ahead...
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7BIRTHDAYS!! 10/17/97
Friday:
SUPER=130-20/Libby Thurman;
SUPER=130-3/Tyler Wilmoth/Vinton;
SUPER=Kimberly Joyce/Martinsville;
SUPER=130-7/Travis Underwood/Rocky Mount;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-50/Linda Oakes/Cascade;
SUPER=130-Doris Moore/Bassett;
Saturday: 10/18/97
SUPER=130-1/Tyler George/Buena Vista;
SUPER=130-8/Katie Conover/Dry Fork;
SUPER=130-4/Ian Reed/Hardy;
SUPER=130-Connie Scott/Natural Bridge;
SUPER=130-12/Ashley Stump/Salem;
SUPER=130-10/Ashley Jones/Buena Vista;
SUPER=130-15/Jarrett Motley/Chatam;
SUPER=130-91/Mom/Brookneal;
SUPER=130-15/Jane Workinger/Bassett;
No Pictures:
SUPER=130-Buddy Arangton/Rocky Mount;
SUPER=130-53/Leonard Dalton Nichols/Rocky Mount;
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55E-Strickler
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-69
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
A judge has overturned a capital murder conviction in the death of a James
Madison University student.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Augusta Co./File Tape;
Tommy David Strickler received the capital murder conviction for the 19-90
abduction and murder of Roanoke resident and J-M-U student Leann Whitlock.
His co-defendant was handed a life sentence.
Strickler was convicted for bashing Whitlock's head with a 70-pound rock.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Legal Scales
Federal Judge Robert Merhige ("MARRIAGE") said yesterday prosecutors
withheld key information from defense lawyers for strickler.
The Attorney General's office is appealing the ruling.
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Even though it's been seven years, Whitlock's family members say they're
still having a tough time coping with their daughter's death.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
And they're worried ANOTHER trial will be just as tough.
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SOT 8:48:36
IN Q=BUT TO GO THROUGH
((BUT TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE. AND WE HAD A LOT
OF SUPPORT THE FIRST TIME. AND I'M PRAYING AND HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE
SUPPORT FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A RETRIAL. ))
SUPER=07-Esther Whitlock;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=THROUGH A RETRIAL
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VO-NAT
The Whitlocks heard about the conviction being overturned last night--
Today they'll trying to learn more about the situation.
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55E-Kast
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-67
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
Giles County prosecutor Garland Spangler is trying to retry a rape case.
It's the same case he's accused of botching the first time.
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VO-NAT
Charges against Cory Kast were dropped over the summer after Spangler failed
to prosecute the case in a timely fashion.
SUPER=03-Giles Co./August;
Now Spangler is trying to bring the case back to court.
He recently obtained direct indictments against Kast on five NEW charges--
including robbery and abduction.
The alleged victim is cautiously optimistic.
Renee Trump spoke to NEWS 7, by phone, from her West Virginia home.
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SOT
IN Q=Even though
((RENEE TRUMP/RAPE VICTIM:EVEN THOUGH THAT, GARLAND SPANGLER DIDN'T DO HIS JOB
AND EVERYTHING, I STILL THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. ))
SUPER=02-Renee Trump/Rape Victim; :00
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OUT Q=to be done.
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VO-NAT
There's a chance the new indictments won't stick-- because the law prohibits
a defendant from being tried twice for the same crime.
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55E-Amherst-Robbery
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-65
GRAPHIC=None
Amherst County authorities have a suspect in connection with the beating
and robbery of two elderly brothers Monday night.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Amherst Co.
Seventy-eight- year- old Lucian Mantiply and his 95- year- old brother Cyrus
were attacked in their Madison Heights home.
Acting on phone tips, police arrested 25- year- old Joseph Daniel Tyree, a
construction worker who lives less than a quarter mile from the Mantiply home.
Police say they found some of the stolen items in Tyree's house.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 12:10:30
IN Q=After speaking
((JIMMY AYERS/AMHERST CO. SHERIFF: AFTER SPEAKING TO HIM AND LOOKING THROUGH
THE RESIDENCE, WE RECOVERED SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WERE LINKED TO THE MANTIPLY
RESIDENCE AS WELL AS A FLASHLIGHT THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM A VEHICLE THE SAME
PARTICULAR NIGHT.))
SUPER=01-Jimmy Ayers/Amherst Co. Sheriff; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=same particular night.
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VO-NAT
Both brothers are listed in satisfactory condition.
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55Tech-E-Mail
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=va tech
Virginia Tech President Paul Torgersen has responded to a fraternity E-mail
message was racially offensive.
The E-mail was circulated by a fraternity student to other members of the
fraternity.
A black fraternity member who got the message complained to professors, and
eventually about 100 black students saw the posting.
Torgersen's wrote an open letter denoucing the e-mail and appealing for a
commitment to a diverse campus community.
55weather
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Taking a moment now to check Thursday's forecast--
Partly sunny and cool today, with highs around 60.
Turning mostly cloudy by tonight.
Lows falling into the upper 40s.
Clouds and showers are forecast for the weekend...
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8E-Strickler
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-69
GRAPHIC=Legal Scales
He's sitting on death row-- but he may get a reprieve.
Yesterday a federal judge granted death row inmate Tommy David Strickler a
new trial.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Augusta Co./File Tape;
Strickler got the death sentence for the 19-90 abduction and murder of
Roanoke resident and James Madison University student Leann Whitlock.
His co-defendant got a life sentence.
Strickler was convicted for bashing Whitlock's head with a 70-pound rock.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=Legal Scales
Federal Judge Robert Merhige ("MARRIAGE") ruled yesterday that whether in
"good faith or bad" files pertinent to Strickler's case were "suppressed" by
the prosecutor in Augusta County.
8family-strickler
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=afr
TAPE#97-
GRAPHIC=NONE
Although seven years have passed since her murder, Leann Whitlock's family
is still having trouble dealing with it.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
And they're worried another trial will be just as tough.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 8:48:36
IN Q=BUT TO GO THROUGH
((BUT TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE. AND WE HAD A LOT
OF SUPPORT THE FIRST TIME. AND I'M PRAYING AND HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE
SUPPORT FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A RETRIAL. ))
SUPER=07-Esther Whitlock;
RUNS=:16
OUT Q=THROUGH A RETRIAL
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The Whitlocks heard about the conviction being overturned last night-- Today
they're trying to learn more about the situation.
(----------------)
8E-Sex-Offender
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-68
GRAPHIC=Richard Maulick
Some Cloverdale residents are NOT exactly rolling out the welcome mat for
their new neighbor, a convicted child molester.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Botetourt Co.;
Forty-seven- year- old Richard Maulick came to the area last month to start
fresh after serving a 12 year prison sentence.
Maulick was convicted in 19-85 of sodomy and aggravated sexual battery
against his daughter.
He claims the accusations were trumped up by his former wife to gain custody
of their three children...but he pleaded guilty to the charges.
Now some residents are passing out flyers with Maulick's picture warning he's
a criminal.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:49:58
IN Q=Why in
((PAT DEEL:WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE...WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. Sheriff Reed
Kelly/Botetourt Co. ))
SUPER=01-Pat Deel/Maulick's Landlord; :00
SUPER=01-Reed Kelly/Botetourt Co. Sheriff; :11
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=all the facts
(----------------)
VO-NAT
Several neighbors say they'd like to see state law changed so communities are
notified when a convicted child molester moves to town.
(----------------)
8E-NS-Building
ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=jda
TAPE#97-62
GRAPHIC=Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern is making a contribution to education in the Roanoke
Valley.
N-S is donating three buildings, including the offices that will house a
new higher education center.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;
Norfolk Southern vacated the buildings in 19-92.
With plans for the education center now taking shape, the railroad is
donating the buildings to a downtown Roanoke foundation.
State Senator John Edwards has spearheaded support for the center and says
the railroad's gift is an important step.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=The architecture school
((THE ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL AT VIRGINIA TECH HAS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID YOU NEED
TO PRESERVE THEM, THEIR HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND THIS IS A
WAY TO MAKE SURE THESE BUILDINGS LIVE ON AND HAVE A NEW LIFE NOW THAT NORFOLK
SOUTHERN HAS MOVED OUT OF THEM.))
SUPER=@Edwards;
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=moved out of them.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
The gift also includes the old passenger station which has its own
sentimental and historic significance.
(----------------)
8Tech-E-Mail
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=va tech
Virginia Tech President Paul Torgersen is showing his disapproval over a
racially offensive E-mail message that was circulated.
The E-mail was circulated by a fraternity student to other members of the
fraternity.
A black fraternity member who got the message complained to professors, and
eventually about 100 black students saw the posting.
Torgersen's letter asked for a commitment to a diverse campus community.
8weather
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=cut-in
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=
Turning now to weather--
Look for partial sunshine today, and chilly high temperatures around 60.
Mostly cloudy overnight, with lows in the mid to upper 40s.
Checking the long range forecast...
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