Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV

Local News

August 27, 2009

AFTERNOON UPDATE — Wanted Mercer woman believed dead in Arkansas

SHELL LAKE, ARK. – The sheriff of an Arkansas county said today that investigators believe the body found late Wednesday at a truck stop is that of a Mercer County woman who failed to appear Aug. 18 for her trial on a charge of first-degree murder.

A bench warrant was issued for Cathy D. Graham, 51, of Lashmeet, when she disappeared the day her trial was scheduled to begin. Graham had been free on bond since her arrest in connection with the death of Curtis Yates, 74, of Lake Bottom. She had been his caregiver.

“We’re 99 percent sure that it is her,” said St. Francis Sheriff Bobby May. “She had all of her identification including her photo identification. To be 100 percent sure, we’re going to have to match the fingerprints.”

For more on this story and other news, check out Friday’s Daily Telegraph.



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