DATE: Saturday, September 13, 1997          TAG: 9709130349

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY JUNE ARNEY, STAFF WRITER 

DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   40 lines

3RD SUSPECT IN SLAYING APPREHENDED IN INDIANA HIS BROTHERS, ALSO CHARGED, ARE NOW IN THE TIDEWATER DETENTION HOME.

The third suspect in the killing of cinema manager Mark E. Pickrel has been arrested in Indiana after evading police for more than two months, authorities said Friday.

Richard Wallace Marron II, 18, was found Thursday in Ripley County, Ind., according to Commonwealth's Attorney Larry Willis. Marron is expected to be returned to Virginia within about 10 days to face charges of capital murder, robbery and a firearms charge, Willis said.

Marron made statements to people in Indiana that sounded suspicious and prompted them to contact authorities, Willis said. Indiana State Police were called in and realized that Marron was wanted in Virginia.

Two of Marron's brothers, also charged in the killing, are being held in the Tidewater Detention Home. Tracy Marron, 15, is charged with accessory after the fact to capital murder and receiving stolen property. Travis Marron, 16, is charged with capital murder, robbery and two firearms charges. Both are scheduled to appear in juvenile court Tuesday.

Pickrel, 29, was dragged from his home in the 4400 block of Deborah Court in Western Branch on June 26, taken to a wooded area a few miles away and shot to death, police said. At the time he was killed, Pickrel was the manager of Cinemark Movies 10 near Chesapeake Square.

Chesapeake police found his body near an overgrown dirt path in the 2300 block of Elizabeth Harbor Drive, across from a Virginia Power substation. Police initially thought that pornography may have played a role in Pickrel's death but have since ruled it out. Robbery is considered to be the motive.

On the day Pickrel was killed, police searched his apartment for evidence of child pornography, according to a search-warrant affidavit. Police obtained the warrant after the suspects' mother gave them a safe that may have belonged to Pickrel and contained pornographic materials.

They found pornographic magazines and a bag of what appeared to be marijuana, according to the affidavit. They also found a photo of one of the suspects that was not pornographic, police said Wednesday.

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