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Pale Gunmen Admit Omaha Murder And Four Other Shootings; Two Men In Council Bluffs Among Victims
Pale And Shaken...Charles Edwin Kelly, 20, left, and Charles Noel Brown, 28, are searched by Traffic Officer C. R. Petersen and Detective F.A. (Mike) Kerns. The two men and their woman companion surrendered meekly when officers stopped their bus at…
Elderly Seamstress Found Fatally Beaten; 'Looks Like Murder, A Tough One'
Investigating Fatal Beating...are, left to right, Detective Leon Nelson, Deputy Count Att. Ross Caniglia, County Atty. Peter J. Peters and Detective R.R. Betchel (background). Victim's leg is shown in the right foreground. Intruder entered the…
Best Friend: Bettis talked of slaying
John Jackson
Bettis, James
Defense lawyer Gary Gee and murder suspect James Bettis, in courtroom (?)
Best friend: Bettis talked of slaying
James Bettis
Bettis testifies to murder confession
James Bettis' mother, Joyce, testified Thursday that her son was splitting firewood in the back yard at their home while she was inside watching television when Cynthia Barton was murdered. She was among defense witnesses at her son's trial for…
Bettis testifies to murder confession
Cynthia Bolton [photo cropped and resized in news article]
Man convicted in stab death of Shen woman
James Walter Bettis
Brewer, Ronald
Council Bluffs Police Dept. mug shot of murder suspect Ronald Brewer; front view
Brewer, Ronald
Council Bluffs Police Dept. mug shots, side and front, of murder suspect Ronald Brewer. Slate around his necks reads:
Council Bluffs, IA
Police Dept.
26467
10-29-1957
(Date on back of photo is 12-58)
Council Bluffs, IA
Police Dept.
26467
10-29-1957
(Date on back of photo is 12-58)
Brewer Is Held For Grand Jury
Before The Hearing...Ronald Wayne Brewer talks with his mother, Mrs. Darlene Brewer, and Sheriff Roy Wichael. Behind the sheriff is Brewer's win bror, Donald.
C.B. Man Slain; Police Seek Ex-Mental Patient; Two-State Alert For Ronald Brewer
Mrs. Donna Anderson...had broken with Brewer three weeks ago.
C.B. Man Slain; Police Seek Ex-Mental Patient; Two-State Alert For Ronald Brewer
Dianne Ray...saw her husband, Lawrence, fall after he was shot in the back.
C.B. Man Slain; Police Seek Ex-Mental Patient; Two-State Alert For Ronald Brewer
The Lock...of this door was shot by Ronald Brewer when Clarence Alton refused to let him in the apartment.
C.B. Man Slain; Police Seek Ex-Mental Patient; Two-State Alert For Ronald Brewer
Victim's Identical Twin...Lloyd Ray and his wife, Karen, were with Lawrence Ray Tuesday night when he was shot and killed.
C.B. Man Slain; Police Seek Ex-Mental Patient; Two-State Alert For Ronald Brewer
Suspects [sic] Car: Sgt. C.E. Moore examines car Ronald Wayne Brewer used to get away from police after the fatal shooting of Lawrence Ray in Council Bluffs Tuesday night. The entire rear window was shattered by officers' bullets. Two of the slugs…
Brewer Arraigned; Hearing On Murder Count Is Aug. 21; Pleads Innocent By Reason Of Insanity
Ronald Brewer..."no good to run."
Brewer Changes Plea To Guilty--In Surprise Move; Second Degree Murder Charge
Ronald Brewer
[Ronald Brewer in handcuffs]
[Ronald Brewer in handcuffs]