Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, October 3, 1995 TAG: 9510030092 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
Lonnie Weeks was convicted of the Feb. 23, 1993, capital murder of State Trooper Jose M. Cavazos in Prince William County. Cavazos was shot after stopping a speeding car on Interstate 95 at Dale City.
The court also rejected the appeal of Tommy David Strickler, who was convicted of murdering Leanne Whitlock, a James Madison University student from Roanoke, after abducting her from a Harrisonburg shopping mall in 1990.
The others whose appeals were rejected, and the jurisdictions in which they were convicted of capital murder, were Kenneth L. Wilson, Newport News; Jason M. Joseph, Portsmouth; and Lance Antonio Chandler, Halifax County.
- Associated Press