DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 1997 TAG: 9708200576
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: By Diane Struzzi, Landmark News Service
LENGTH: 23 lines
The crime is a grisly murder and the victim is a minority, but proving the incident is a hate crime is a very difficult task for the prosecutor. MEMO: For complete text see microfilm. ILLUSTRATION: ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
Garnett Paul Johnson stands beside a photo of his son, G.P. Johnson
Jr., who was murdered July 25 in Elk Creek, a small community in
southwestern Virginia.
Photos
Louis J. Ceparano
Emmett Cressell Jr.
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