ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: FRIDAY, April 5, 1991                   TAG: 9104050464
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                                LENGTH: Short

GULF SAILOR SLAIN AT HOME; WIFE CHARGED

A chief petty officer assigned to the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy was found stabbed to death in his home early Thursday, a week after the ship returned from the Persian Gulf War.

The body of Richard D. Swanson, 32, was found in the bedroom of his home shortly after 1 a.m., police said. Police had been called by Swanson's wife, Valerie, 32, who said she found her husband unconscious after she returned from a trip to the store.

Valerie Swanson and Alan J. Marcotte, 24, of Virginia Beach, were charged with first-degree murder.

- Associated Press 


 by CNB