ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, April 8, 1997 TAG: 9704080074
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
Bedford husband in ICU after stabbing
A Bedford man was listed in serious condition in the intensive-care unit at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Monday after being stabbed early Sunday.
Bedford police officials said James William Anderson, 38, was stabbed in the left shoulder and taken to Carilion Bedford Memorial Hospital, and later was transferred to Roanoke Memorial.
Police charged Anderson's wife, Brenda Fae Anderson, 37, with malicious wounding. Police said Anderson was stabbed with a kitchen knife in a neighbor's apartment in the 600 block of Orange Street.
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Murderer scheduled for execution tonight
RICHMOND- Douglas MacArthur Buchanan Jr., sentenced to die for killing his father, stepmother and two stepbrothers, will be executed tonight unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes.
Buchanan, 29, was convicted of using a rifle, a pistol and a knife to kill his family in their Amherst County home after years of mistreatment.
Buchanan never denied the killings. An expert witness testified he suffered from an emotionally brutal upbringing.
In an appeal to the Supreme Court, Buchanan's lawyers contend that the trial judge should have allowed more testimony about Buchanan's childhood.
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Campbell County gunman kills parents and himself
LYNCHBURG - After a nightlong argument with his parents, a Campbell County man killed his mother and father and then used the gun to kill himself Monday, the sheriff said.
The man's 21-year-old sister escaped about 6 a.m. when the shooting started and called police from a neighbor's house.
Barry Wayne Bohannon, 24, had been treated for psychological problems, Sheriff Robert Maxey said.
The couple appeared to be trying to get away from the house when they were gunned down, the sheriff said. Bohannon shot Joe Leonard Bohannon Jr., 52, just inside the basement door that led to the yard, and he shot Hazel Bohannon, 52, on the front steps. Bohannon then turned the gun on himself , Maxey said.
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Fast food manager robbed in N.W. Roanoke
The assistant manager of a Roanoke fast food restaurant was robbed around 6:20 p.m. Sunday at the night deposit box of a Hershberger Road Northwest bank.
Jackie L. Sanderson told police that she was struck in the left side of her face as she drove up to the night deposit box.
After taking about five minutes to recover, Sanderson drove to a pay telephone and called police. She could not give a description of the robber.
There has not been an arrest.
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