
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, July 23, 1990                   TAG: 9007230208
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

BOXING LEON SPINKS' SON SHOT TO DEATH ON DRIVE HOME

The son of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks was shot to death early Sunday as he drove home after visiting his girlfriend in a crime-plagued neighborhood, Illinois police said.

Leon Calvin, 19, a light heavyweight boxer who turned professional in June, was found dead at 5:30 a.m. in his girlfriend's car on a bridge between East St. Louis, Ill., and St. Louis, said state police Sgt. Ken Willtrout.

by CNB