ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, October 22, 1996              TAG: 9610220064
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

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Suicide ends standoff

A Ripplemead man ended a standoff with Giles County sheriff's deputies, Pearisburg police officers and state police troopers Monday afternoon by shooting himself.

No officers were injured in the ordeal that began as a domestic squabble early Monday morning. For details, see today's Roanoke Times.

Capital trial testimony starts

Opening arguments and testimony from the first several witnesses took place Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court in the capital murder trial of Benjamin Lee Lilly, accused in the December abduction and shooting death of Virginia Tech student Alexander V. DeFilippis. For details, see today's Roanoke Times.

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