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Man sentenced to 99 yea in 1976 slaying of teen-ager between acquittal or involuntary manslaughter, but Estes suggested 9 Shepherd's failure to take the girl home after he dropped Gentry off indicated he meant to kill her. Earlier yesterday, testimony FRIDAY ONLY! NOV. 30th showed that her brain tissue contained traces of doxepin, an anti depressant that a psychiatrist had prescribed for Shepherd in January 1976. The amount was not enough to Diapers Luv's or Pampers Natural Spring one gallon Water be fatal by itself. The defense called just one witness, former Monroe County Depu ty Joe Graves, who had testified for the prosecution Tuesday.

Graves MADIS0NV1LLE, Tenn. (AP) A Monroe County Circuit Court jury convicted Joe Shepherd last night of second-degree murder in the slaying 14 years ago of a teen-age girt. The six-man, six-woman jury deliberated for almost five hours before finding Shepherd guilty in the murder of Cathy Clowers, 15, who disappeared on March 27, 1976, after driving around with Shepherd and a 14-year-old boy. Circuit Judge Mayo Mashburn sentenced Shepherd to 99 years in prison. "I'm tickled to death with the verdict I had wanted the first-degree verdict, but I realized that I only had circumstantial evidence to go on," District Attorney General Jerry Estes said afterward.

"But I appreciate the jury's decision because they want it to be known that Joe Shepherd will never walk the streets of Tennessee again," Estes said. Mashburn dismissed jurors at 1:15 p.m. CST to begin deliberations. After he confirmed the verdict, he ordered jurors to leave the courthouse before dismissing the audience from the heavily guarded courtroom. said Peggy Raper Stanley, a former The girl's mother, Alice Clowers, said the family was relieved.

"The family realized that they could not bring Cathy back but that they felt justice had been done," Clowers said outside the courtroom. "We are very satisfied with the judgment" Shepherd, 37, of Tellico Plains, did not testify yesterday. He is scheduled to stand trial in February in connection with the 1978 murder of 16-year-old Rox-anne Woodson of Tellico Plains. Estes already has said he will seek the death penalty in that case. Estes, in -his closing argument, said Shepherd became angry with Cathy Clowers when she resisted his sexual advances as they parked In the woods near Cokercreek.

She was still in the car with him when he later took the boy, Billy Gentry, home, but she was not seen again until Shepherd led authorities to a grave containing her body two years later, Estes said. Public Defender Charles Corn told the jury that Clowers' exact cause of death had never been determined and that she could have overdosed from drugs she and Shepherd had obtained at a party. Corn said the jury should decide girlfriend of Shepherd, had told him on April 12, 1978, that Shep herd had spoken of a girl who had been killed by others and was bur ied in the mountains. On Tuesday, Graves said that on Apnl 13, 1978, Shepherd led author ities to a grave in a remote area of nearby Polk County that contained the remains of Cathy Clowers. Graves told the jury he believes Shepherd, who at that time had al ready been charged with murder in YOUR CHOICE the February 1978 death of Wood son, took police to Clowers grave Limit 4 with plans to escape.

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Perry is a cousin of the Pierces. The three men faced a maximum sentence of two years in jail and a $20,000 fine. They pleaded guilty in Preston EPS WINTtK ttl W1NTW August to a felony charge of excavating, damaging or defacing an ar ncu. maiwinthf! By LESLIE LLOYD Associated Press GREENEVILLE, Tenn. A federal judge yesterday handed down a six-month sentence to three men who looted a Cherokee Indian grave, but a tribe member says that will not deter other grave robbers.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Hull yesterday ordered the men pay to $3,000 in restitution and perform 300 hours of community service work. Hull also sentenced them to five years' probation and barred them from national park land during their probation unless they are doing community service work. "This is not a deterrent," said Bill Taylor, of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. "These gentlemen were treated as innocent victims of circumstance." During the sentencing hearing, defense attorneys said the men were afraid because of threats made by others involved in the case.

The three were among nine charged with looting the site in the Cherokee National Forest in Johnson County. Eight pleaded guilty and one was convicted by a federal jury. Three have received probation and the other three are scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 18. Defense attorneys said the three sentenced yesterday were "unsophisticated" and had little education.

They said they were family men whose families would have financial difficulties if the men were sent to jail. "I felt the emotional play by the defense attorneys was very effec chaeological resource. 786 USATXH- Authorities have said the nine men were part of a lucrative black market for Indian artifacts. The site, which was extensively damaged, was important because Cherokee Indians usually buried Limit 2 their dead in settlements. Taylor said he should have been allowed to speak to the judge during SALE 2M.00 SALE s5.00 the hearing.

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