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My sister's dead; why are police so incurious?

Date published: 1/29/2008

My sister's dead; why are police so incurious?

Do the DNA testing on Richard Marc Evonitz! When the original articles were written, I was very skeptical of The Free Lance-Star's motives. I thought that it was a ploy to sell more papers by stirring the pot around some sensational murders, including that of my twin sister, Alicia Reynolds ["Mum doesn't cut it," Jan. 24].

Regardless of your motives, I am stunned by the lack of response from the Virginia State Police to your stories. I am certain that the investigation into my sister's death has been difficult and time-consuming.

Now is the time to correct those mistakes, if any, by doing the DNA testing.

If Evonitz murdered my sister, I would like to know for sure.

Patrick Showalter

Murfreesboro, Tenn.



Date published: 1/29/2008



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Patrick - Your Question Requires an Answer (posted by rrwwsmith , Jan. 29, 2008 7:33 pm)    0 likes
Absolutely, we want the Free Lance Star to get an answer from the State Police. And if the State Police will not answer, we must know that as well. What goes on here? Send a reporter to State Police Headquarters right away and take a photographer with you. I am sorry to hear of such dereliction of duty.

That's what I recall from the fl-s story (posted by Tamerlane , Jan. 29, 2008 4:47 pm)    0 likes
and I wanted to back my memory of the reporrtage. So go dig up the court records and maybe you will fell better Hauptmann.

tamerlane (posted by meanasasnake , Jan. 29, 2008 2:09 pm)    0 likes
That website does not credit any sources of the information posted, therefore its truthfulness must be questioned. Just because you read it on the internet, don't make it so.

Complicity (posted by Tamerlane , Jan. 29, 2008 12:36 pm)    0 likes
See: http://www.geocities.com/verbal_plainfield/a-h/evonitz.html Third paragraph from the last.

Alicia Showalter (posted by bcmoore , Jan. 29, 2008 11:35 am)    0 likes
I was under the impression that Evonitz' DNA would be checked on all the unsolved murders, not only in our area, but surrounding jurisdictions as well. I cannot understand why that did not take place immediately after his death. I'm sure the Showalter family would like to have closure on this, and they deserve to have that peace of mind.

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