Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994 TAG: 9409090013
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: By RICHARD FOSTER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Thomas E. Hill, owner of Hidden Creek Farm in Boonsboro, was clearing brush around 10 a.m. when he saw a man slumped face-forward on the ground.
On closer inspection, Hill said, he found that the man was dead and apparently had hanged himself from the fence with a shoestring.
Hill said the police did not tell him the name of the dead man but said, "he was a murder suspect. They were searching for him to question him about a girl who had been missing with her car."
Tuesday night, Lynchburg police chased a man into Bedford County who was wanted for questioning about a Lynchburg woman who was reported missing earlier in the day. The man abandoned his vehicle near Walnut Hollow Road and fled on foot into woods around 8 p.m., eluding capture. Police still were looking for the missing woman Wednesday night.
Lynchburg Police Commander Earl Burnette would not release the names of the man or the woman and said only that the woman was "missing under suspicious circumstances."
Burnette would not confirm whether the man found dead in Bedford County was the man who evaded authorities Tuesday.
Bedford County Sheriff Carl Wells said the man's death seemed to be a suicide. The sheriff also would not confirm whether the dead man was the same person who was wanted by Lynchburg police.
Keywords:
FATALITY
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