Evening star., 1949-05-11
Police Withhold
Youth 'sStory in
Church Staying
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yrAr~nld h.gfl Nhoo4 athlete waa
held TODAY under charges st mat
degtng G!S pEegty e.aSsrnsts Dana
Marie Neaxel. IN the church
where he SlnEs In The cher
The youth. Lee Scott sAs
formally chaEged lAa nlsht after
police had questioned him icr
more than seven hcark
Police said hr made . state
ment. bat tAey uld not classify II
as al admission he NAk involved
in the slaytng a Dana. whose
ehoked and eeatvn body vas
found Monday moynins IN The
kitchen Of ivy covered Christ
Episcopal Church,
Guy Coroner Charles NJ Irwin
said today that suaeca,4on caused
Danas death slnoe TO bones af
her meek were hyaken. q lATEe cloth
coffee bag To which Scott had
directed polace, might have h@en
used in the Staying d. irNtn said.
He has withheld issuance Of q
death certificate. however pene-
ing analysis al certain evidence hy
the Federal Bureau Of inScstaga"
ton in waxhington and the state
medical examiner in Richmond
Calling ia newsmen ai Sis
pm. Detective Capt Frank II,
Webb wearily dismissed questions
pressing for details.
That Is all thai ] can awe
YOU at this time. he kald. add
ms that he wished he could Aay
more. The case is ore Of the
worst since ! have been Sith the
depar enent."
MISSING sask Il feund.
Capt Webb disclosed that Scott
had directed police TO an alley
where they found a coffee haG
missing from the church and con"
tanning a broken soda water hot
tie. The youth also told police
where 10 find some Of his cloth
ing. believed TO be stained with
blood. Capt Webb said
Throuehout the day police had
been @afehins for some one VITA
a scratched face. since there was
evidence that Dana had bAttlsd
furiousiy for her life. Scott vas
arrested at school when an uni
Identified tipSter reported his face
bore deep scratches.
While the youth vas belne ausss
toned. police called In his father.
Garrett Scott. an insurance sAles-
man Mr.. Scott left headquarters
weeping and accompanied police
10 find the coffee sack and clothes.
Classmates Are shocked.
Classmates al the Jefferson
High School we're Rk shocked by
the news that Scott had bern
charged with the alaying a. they
were IS hours earlier when II vas
announced that Dana, also 10.
had been murdered
A close friend OF Scotta de-
clared
He would have 10 change easn-
pletely hla personality and char
acter 10 do that" Another ons
asserted His brain had 10 snap
| A third one termed Scott the type
Of person no one could say any
thing bad about "
Friends OF the husky, h-foot IL
inch youth said he hadn't niksed
attendance at Sunday School at
the church for two years. lie u q
member of the church choir and
of the Young Peoples Service
League. Al jefferson. where both
he and Dana wefe juniors, he had
played Junior varsity football and
had been . candidate for the
wrestling team.
Was Eagis Scout with Palm.
Scott, an Eagle Scout with palm.
lived only two blocks from the
church.
The charge Was all tts more Hn-
beliegabie 10 the jefferson stu
dents because OF their inability to
asctibe any motive for such o
crime 70 young Scott.
Scott. his friends said last
night. wasn't any closer 10 Dana
or any more diatant-~than hun
dreds OF ether students. Several
students gaid Ihsy never had
dated but others stated they
misft have had ons OF two dates.
The announcement Of ths
charge against scott. son OF o
Roanoke family. did not, howessr.
answer many questions raised here
since Dana's body was found BY
The church .anitog amid the
wTeckaRe Of chairs and broken
dishes.
Except for her slayer. DMna. tl@
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