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Thursday, 01/03/08
Slain foster mom had heart for the troubled
Teens charged in double homicide
By KATE HOWARD
and PATRICIA LYNCH KIMBRO</I>
Staff Writers
WHITE BLUFF Mary Clark loved anything that was in trouble.
The 39-year-old mother of three, found shot to death along with her mother-in-law on New Year's Day, had a history of taking in tough cases. Her husband, William Clark, was an ex-con staying in a halfway house when she first took Thanksgiving dinner to him at the body shop where she first met him in 1994.
Some of her seven dogs came to her as rescues, one a victim of Hurricane Katrina. And more than a year ago, she started opening her home to foster children.
Now, two of those children, 15- and 17-year-old boys, are being held on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of Mary Clark and her mother-in-law, Gail Clark, 66. (more and pics at link)
http://wbztv.com/local/tennessee.murder.Mary.2.621444.html
Jeffery Byrd Johnson Jr., 15, and James Earl Garrett, 17, are being held in a juvenile facility and scheduled to appear in court Friday.
District Attorney General Dan Alsobrooks says his office would file a petition to try the teenagers as adults.
Investigators believe there was a motive in the killings, but Davis would not give details. (more with pics at link)
Thursday, 01/03/08
Slain foster mom had heart for the troubled
Teens charged in double homicide
By KATE HOWARD
and PATRICIA LYNCH KIMBRO</I>
Staff Writers
WHITE BLUFF Mary Clark loved anything that was in trouble.
The 39-year-old mother of three, found shot to death along with her mother-in-law on New Year's Day, had a history of taking in tough cases. Her husband, William Clark, was an ex-con staying in a halfway house when she first took Thanksgiving dinner to him at the body shop where she first met him in 1994.
Some of her seven dogs came to her as rescues, one a victim of Hurricane Katrina. And more than a year ago, she started opening her home to foster children.
Now, two of those children, 15- and 17-year-old boys, are being held on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of Mary Clark and her mother-in-law, Gail Clark, 66. (more and pics at link)
http://wbztv.com/local/tennessee.murder.Mary.2.621444.html
Jeffery Byrd Johnson Jr., 15, and James Earl Garrett, 17, are being held in a juvenile facility and scheduled to appear in court Friday.
District Attorney General Dan Alsobrooks says his office would file a petition to try the teenagers as adults.
Investigators believe there was a motive in the killings, but Davis would not give details. (more with pics at link)