Mike Wells
Southeast Missourian
NewsMarch 6, 2004
Jury gives Gill death penaltyNEW MADRID, Mo. -- Mark Anthony Gill should be executed rather than get life in prison for the kidnapping and execution-style murder of 54-year-old Ralph Lape Jr. of rural Jackson, a jury decided Friday. The jury's decision was announced at 12:38 p.m., after about ...NewsMarch 5, 2004
Life in prison or deathNEW MADRID, Mo. -- A jury is likely to decide today whether Mark Anthony Gill, 33, of Cape Girardeau, should live or die for killing Ralph L. Lape Jr. of rural Jackson. Sobs and muffled cries rose from the benches of a New Madrid County courtroom Thursday morning a...NewsMarch 3, 2004
Swingle - Murder of Lape triggered by greedNEW MADRID, Mo. -- Mark Anthony Gill and an accomplice killed Ralph L. Lape Jr. out of greed for the $118,000 he had in the bank, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said Tuesday during his opening argument in Gill's capital murder trial. He s...NewsMarch 2, 2004
Sheriffs hold off on concealed weapons permitsSheriffs in the region are heeding guidance from the Missouri Sheriff's Association suggesting they prepare to issue permits but refrain from actually doing so. Both the association and Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon have asked sheriffs to wait until after a s...NewsFebruary 29, 2004
Fire tax set to go on June 8 ballotThe Cape Girardeau Fire Department is struggling to keep most of its life-saving vehicles rolling to meet the demand for emergency services as Cape Girardeau grows. Voters tentatively will be asked June 8 to approve a quarter-cent sales tax to support the departmen...NewsFebruary 29, 2004
Cape County offers varied legal specialitiesWith so many legal experts in Cape Girardeau County, those seeking representation have a lot of good choices to pick from, said Circuit Judge John Heisserer, a member of the Cape Girardeau County Bar Association for more than 20 years. "We have a wide variety of la...NewsFebruary 29, 2004
Crime lab grapples with smaller budget in new homeAfter 27 years inside a cramped white house on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University, the Southeast Missouri Regional Crime Laboratory has a new home and is poised to investigate the region's crimes for years to come. The lab was moved in August to a fo...NewsFebruary 29, 2004
Southeast's criminal justice department trains crime fightersMany of the peace officers patrolling the highways and neighborhoods of Southeast Missouri received their initial training at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. The university's Department of Criminal Justice provides a core of courses in the fi...NewsFebruary 28, 2004
Rural Cape man dies when tractor overturnsA 65-year-old man died Friday afternoon when the farm tractor he was operating flipped backward on a steep grade off County Road 657, north of Cape Girardeau. Cape Girardeau County Coroner Mike Hurst identified the victim as Dearl W. "Bud" Boyd of rural Cape Girard...Advertisement
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