The York Dispatch from York, Pennsylvania • 7

THE YORK DISPATCH TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 1 997 A7 FROM PAGE ONE Homicide leaves townsfolk house Bain owns Yorktowne Business Forms just across the street from the gallery after dark" she said glad got a dog now have him outside guarding the house now until I feel safe again used to feel safe walking to places in the she said Joss King who lives no more than 500 feet from the scene rushed home as soon as he heard there was a homicide to make sure his little brother was in the house His friends Melanie Bortner and Eric Glass said they expect to hear about tires being slashed in Spring Grove not a homicide know going to be locking my doors Locking my car doors and cany my pepper- spray Bortner said town is just so quiet People move to Spring Grove to get away from that By DAVID LaTORRE and ROBERT REILLY For llit DisJmIiIi Stoiihn Xrr One after another cars slowly drove past the Gray Fox Gallery on Main Street in Spring Grove Gallery owner Jennifer Myers had been shot to death And the news was spreading quickly To the across the street from I the gallery Market down the road Even the mayor frightening for everyone" said Spring Grove Mayor Beverly Mackereth who said the last homicide in Spring Grove occurred in 1986 just going to bring an awful lot of she said until someone is caught there will be people who are Tina Bain said she is going to think twice from now on when she sees her daughter riding her bike to a you take it for granted how quiet it is Glass said Glass who remembers moving to Spring Grove from Hanover the very day the last homicide happened about 10 years ago said this one be forgotten so easily saying it a pretty scary he said a small town like this something that will always be in the back of Heidi Zumbrum was working in Turner Video in the Spring Forge Village Shopping Center when she heard the news makes me nervous to be here alone she said Vito Grippi had just finished working at Genovas Pizza when he and Holly Dull came to the scene shortly after 11 pm just in time to see body carted off in an ambulance mean you never he said can happen to 10 YEARS Man sentenced in cult killing Continued from Page A I just five years said Lemon Because he has pleaded guilty Cooper appeal the conviction nor can he attempt to have the sentence shortened Charges are still pending against girlfriend and co-defendant Arlene Whitehurst Lemon said she is due back in court on Oct 31 He and her lawyers are working on a plea bargain hoping to avoid a trial which would likely take place early next year be shocked if she said Lemon Reclusive existence: Good 37 was discovered three years ago dead of a fractured skull in the basement of the Folsom WVa cabin he purchased and shared with Cooper and Whitehurst An astonished burglar stumbled across the body then called police Cooper Good and Whitehurst apparently held unusual religious beliefs fabricating tHeir own calendar and living a reclusive existence on the 200- acre spread Good purchased with the proceeds of the sale of his Airville farm Good lived a spartan existence in the basement while Cooper and Whitehurst resided in comfort upstairs An 8000-page diary Cooper left behind indicates he treated Good as a slave withholding food for days at a time and christening him with a new name St GUILTY In brawl at post office Continued jiom Page 1 1 Martin heard the case after Brenner requested a change of venue feeling Nixon might be biased against him Feuding supervisors: Erin Fitzgerald the third supervisor in the room before the altercation said Bockes crashed into the door right after she shut it and although she was outside the office Fitzgerald could see it was Bockes through the glass pane in the door Brenner Bockes and Fitzgerald were all customer service supervisors at the downtown branch at the time An apparent feud between Brenner and Bockes came to a head that day and Brenner went to their superior Kevin Young the customer services manager at the branch A Pennsylvania State Police trooper investigates a shooting yesterday at the Gray Fox Gallery in Spring Grove last homicide Spring The pastor of St Peter United Church of Christ was found dead in his parsonage at 210 Main St Spnng Grove by two church officers on Dec 14 1986 after he failed to show up for the morning church service The Rev James Howard Moyer 35 was stabbed to death his van was found nearly a week later in Maryland with a knife inside Robert Lehr now about 37 was convicted in November ness then brandished a semiautomatic pistol Dowling made her lie on the floor and tied her hands behind her back according to the court document He allegedly took money from her purse and a desk drawer then walked to the second floor where he made her lie down again and tried to gag her with a T-shirt according to the affidavit He then unbuttoned her blouse tore off her bra and fondled her breasts according to the affidavit but said he rape her she was Myers told Dowling she 1987 of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison He had been found with jewelry and stereo in his possession At trial he testified he killed Moyer in self-defense to ward off a sexual attack He said he had met Moyer at an adult book store in York and asked him where he could get help for his family for Christmas Moyer had offered him mittens and scarves for his children was expecting a delivery and he left police said She told police her attacker was well-dressed and sported aviator sunglasses and a baseball cap with a gold seal on it Witnesses outside the Tail-feather gallery saw a man fitting that description get into a Lincoln and drive off They gave police a description of the car which matched the one owned by Dowling Detective Smith said Store manager arrested: It was Myers herself who provided the big break in the case when she stopped into Lemon said he theorizes that Good was emerging from spell and had purchased a handgun shortly before he was killed possibly for use in confronting Cooper about his money The gun was in possession when he was arrested on May 18 1996 in Sterling Va The previous evening a viewer of had recognized Cooper and called in a tip In September 1996 Cooper and Whitehurst were indicted by a West Virginia grand jury on felony counts of murder and conspiracy Lemon said he was relieved to get a plea from Cooper because the case against him was entirely circumstantial family in York County is still waiting for West Virginia authorities to release his body so that they can give him a proper burial But Lemon said yesterday that happen until after case is resolved second you get rid of that body then quote-unquote their forensic pathologist they would have had the body they would have determined said Lemon With all four in the office and apparently calming down Fitzgerald and Young decided to give Brenner and Bockes a few moments alone to hopefully settle the dispute themselves Instead the moment Fitzgerald walked out of the room she heard a crash and saw Bockes hit the door Brenner said Bockes came at him struck him in both arms and tried to kick him in the groin striking his thigh instead Then and only then did Brenner strike back he said Brenner said he was afraid of Bockes because she was screaming at him calling him a saying he and calling him a of Brenner had no witnesses testifying to his injuries while Bockes had witnesses and photographs of her injuries redness on her arm shoulder and neck including welts on her arm -Ah- SHOOTING Woman killed at art shop Continued fiom Page 1 1 i behind the gallery said children were playing in the yard when she saw police arrive at about 3:15 pm soon as we saw the police we knew something was she said just hurried up and got children inside because responsible for Carol Moreland and Chris Mentzer work at the nearby bank and both said they neither saw nor heard anything until police pulled into the parking lot cop just pulled up and ran into the building with a gun in his Mentzer said we saw him come out and go around back and crouch behind the Jackson Township Police Chief Mark Ruff was the first pn the scene backed up by North Codorus Township Police Ruff turned the case over to the state police who had a forensic investigation team at the scene by 6 pm The team left shortly after 11 pm when body was taken away in an ambulance The 1996 attack: death comes as prosecutors were preparing after several continuances to take her alleged attacker in the earlier assault case to court On Aug 6 1996 Myers was working alone at her Tailfeathers Gallery and Custom Frame Shop near the intersection of routes 30 and 616 when a man she and West Manchester Township Detective Art Smith Jr identified as 38-year-old Kevin Brian Dowling entered the store According to an affidavit of probable cause Dowling questioned Myers about her busi A A soon as we saw the police we knew something was wrong We just hurried up and got the children inside because responsible for Dolores Hankey works at the Small World Daycare the Sheetz convenience store on Carlisle Street in Hanover three months later and saw her attacker standing behind the counter police said His name tag identified him as the manager police said Smith and West Manchester Township Officer Keith Roehm drove to the store interviewed Dowling and arrested him He was charged with robbery criminal attempt to commit rape and indecent assault and eventually freed from the York County Prison on $25000 bail In his car they found a 45-caliber handgun aviator sunglasses and a section of a local newspaper from Aug 6 1996 which featured a story about the Tailfeather robbery Smith said would make an interesting the detective said in August 1996 Dowling was arraigned on April 7 and after several continuances was nearing a trial date with a pretrial conference scheduled for tomorrow before Judge Sheryl Dorney His attorney public defender Karen Kuebler said she expected Dowling to appear as scheduled tomorrow 1 I.