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Q03058

March 29, 2005

EMPHASIS: Arrest Made In Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Murder



Colonel Roger D. Stottlemyre, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces Lance Shockley, age 28, of Van Buren, Missouri, was arrested today in Van Buren for the murder of Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr.



The charges against Shockley are mere accusations and are not evidence of guilt. Evidence must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose task is to determine guilt or innocence.