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Presenter recounts 1962 Athens murder; convicted husband escaped from prison in 1970 and remains at large
Summary
At an Athens City Council meeting a presenter recounted the 1962 killing of Helen Steeves, the conviction of her husband Gene Steeves, his reported 1970 escape from the Ohio State Penitentiary and offered a $1,000 reward for information about his whereabouts.
Presenter to the Athens City Council recounted the 1962 killing of Helen Steeves and said her husband, Gene Steeves, was convicted of aggravated murder and later escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary in 1970. The presenter told the council he had reviewed trial transcripts, photographs and a recovered steel drum and said federal and local records still list Steeves as missing.
The presenter described the Oct. 20, 1962 events as the prosecution laid them out: investigators found a pool of blood in Steeves's station wagon; police interviewed Steeves, who later made statements the presenter…
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