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

DATE: SATURDAY, July 22, 1995                   TAG: 9507240053
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: RICHARD FOSTER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

CHILDREN DOUBT REPORTS OF BREAK-IN, SKI MASK

Marlon DeTuncq's children dispute some of the information that has been reported about the shooting and also have questions about how their father came to be in Richard Farkas' house.

"There's no indication he broke into this man's house. We don't know if he walked in, broke in or if he was invited in," Jordan DeTuncq said. Bedford County sheriff's representatives told him the house showed no signs of forced entry and all the doors were locked, he said.

He also disputes Farkas' daughter's statement that DeTuncq's estranged wife, Maralene - who was at Farkas' home - reported the shooting as a break-in by a stranger because Marlon DeTuncq was wearing a ski mask.

"That's not what [Maralene DeTuncq] told us," Jordan DeTuncq said. "She said he had a hat on and that's why she supposedly didn't recognize him. It's 100 degrees down there. I don't think he owned a ski mask." A neighbor who was at the shooting scene said DeTuncq had been wearing a hat, not a ski mask.

Commonwealth's Attorney Randy Krantz would not talk about the case because it is still under investigation, but Jordan DeTuncq said Krantz told him there was no ski mask.

Keywords:
FATALITY

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