St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 7

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1988 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 7A an Gets Life Term BOB In Beating Death Saw 44 $18 men's pullover sweatshirt Long sleeve crewneck top with wide striped color piecing across chest and on sleeve. men 's double- $30 pleated slacks Fashionable loose fitting cut slacks of polyester and cotton. Decorative stitching on outseams. now By William C.Lhotka Of the Post-Dispatch Staff A man from north St.

Louis County was sentenced in St. Louis County Circuit Court Monday to life in prison for beating to death a man whose battered body was later found floating in the Meramec River. The killer, Craig A. Dawdy, 27, of the 200 block of Dundee Circle, pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree murder. In imposing the sentence, Judge William M.

Corrigan told Dawdy, "There is nothing more vicious than to beat someone to death." The victim was Richard L. Stateler, 27, of the 1700 block of Cleveland Boulevard, Granite City. Stateler's sister, Joyce Smith, and other members of the victim's family were present Monday for the sentencing. "We lost a brother at the hands of this man," Smith said. "The man broke the Fifth Commandment: Thou shalt not kill." Smith told Corrigan that her brother had been "a kind and gentle man." Smith said Stateler's family approved the plea agreement between the state and Dawdy.

In exchange for Dawdy's plea of guilty, authorities reduced the charge to second-degree murder from first-degree murder. A conviction on the latter charge would have meant that Dawdy would never be eligible for parole. Dawdy confirmed in court a summation of the murder by prosecutor Doug Sidel. Sidel gave the following account of Stateler's death: On May 9, Dawdy's sister had alleged to Dawdy that she and Stateler, her boyfriend, had had a fight and that she had moved out of a house they shared. Dawdy became angry and took his sister and her two sons to the home of her ex-husband, Richard Dilly, 29, of the 2900 block of Dale Avenue, Granite City.

Dawdy and Dilly then ambushed Stateler at an address in Granite City, beat him with metal karate sticks and threw him in their car. "They drove him to the Meramec River (near Times Beach), where they beat him until he died, and then they threw him in the river," Sidel said. Stateler's body was found by three fishermen on May 14. An autopsy disclosed that Stateler had been dead when his body was thrown in the river. Dawdy later confessed to St.

Louis County Police detectives, Sidel said. Dilly, the co-defendant, is awaiting trial. He is charged with first-degree murder. November 8 Event Starts Tuesday, Man Enters Guilty Plea In Strangling Of Woman $14.99 ladies nike sweatshirt Comfortable crewneck sweatshirt with long raglan sleeves. Nike embroidered emblem.

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Coach, 21, was stabbed once in the chest in a fight a few blocks from Coach's home on Aug. 7, 1986. He died six days later. Martin was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in July, 1987, and was sentenced to five years in prison. Martin appealed the conviction on the grounds that a juror had concealed information.

When asked in jury selection whether any relative or friend had been a victim of crime, she had answered no, even. though the father of her only son had been murdered five years before. The Missouri Court of Appeals overturned Martin's conviction June 7 and ordered a new trial, which was scheduled to begin Monday. In another case, Darrell Whiting, of By Virginia Hick Of the Post-Dispatch Staff A man from north St. Louis has pleaded guilty of murder in the strangling of Mamie Fulton.

The man, Tyrone L. Arnold, 27, of the 5500 block of Sandpiper Drive in an unincorporated area of north St. Louis County, pleaded guilty Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court. Under a plea agreement, the charge was reduced to second-degree murder from first-degree murder.

He will be sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two of Fulton's four children found her body in their home at 5907 Dres-. sell Avenue in North St. Louis when they returned from school March 3. She was 29.

Her children ranged in age from 6 to 13. Arnold was arrested a few days after the murder and confessed to police that he had killed Fulton, a former neighbor. Two other men pleaded guilty to separate crimes in St. Louis Circuit Court Monday. Both are scheduled to be sentenced Dec.

16. Joey Thomas Martin, of the 4500 block of Cleveland Avenue, pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of Marvin Coach, of the 4700 block of Thrush Avenue. He had the 4800 block of Bessie Avenue, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of robbery and two counts of attempted robbery in a string of holdups of Domino's Pizza delivery workers early this year. The robberies and attempted robberies took place from Jan. 6 through March 2 within a four-block area of north St.

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Ann woman charged in a murder and a St. Louis man accused in a burglary were added Monday to the St. Louis County Police Department's 10 Most Wanted List, authorities said. The woman is Jacquelyn Line-barger, 43, whose last known address was in the 3600 block of Imperial Gardens in St Ann. The man is Odie Jordan, 46, whose last known address was in the 1100 block of Obear Avenue in St.

Louis. Linebarger was arrested at her home, where a boyfriend was shot to death in March. Despite her claim of self defense, a County Circuit grand jury returned indictments on June 4 charging Linebarger with second-degree murder and armed criminal action, said St. Louis County police. She could not be found after she was officially charged with the crime.

Jordan was arrested following a break-in at the home of an acquaintance in Beverly Hills in July. The victim told police that Jordan had a handgun and haB threatened to kill him. A warrant charging Jordan with first-degree burglary and armed criminal action was issued on Sept. 7. Jordan, who police have been unable to find, is also wanted on a federal Dress up your sweaters or dress with this button back white lace collar.

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