Detective in Dirksmeyer case seeks suit's dismissal
The law enforcement officers who are the target of a civil lawsuit filed by the boyfriend of slain beauty queen Nona Dirksmeyer are asking a federal judge to d…
Nona Dirksmeyer: Murder of a Beauty Queen
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Judge lifts Dirksmeyer silence order
Circuit Judge Bill Pearson lifted a gag order on Monday that for years had prevented witnesses, family members and attorneys from talking publicly about former…
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Case off for now, Dunn is released
A judge Tuesday dismissed a capital-murder charge against Gary Dunn, whose case has twice ended in mistrials in the 2005 slaying of Arkansas Tech University st…
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Promise of 4th trial prompts questions
Three trials. Two defendants. No convictions. After Gary Dunn’s most recent mistrial - his second - special prosecutors said they would try him a third time in…
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Dunn’s retrial in Dirksmeyer death ends in hung jury
For the second time in nine months, the capital-murder case against Gary Dunn has ended in a mistrial.
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Murder jury digs into case on Dunn
More than three hours after jurors began deliberations in Gary Dunn’s capital-murder trial Thursday, the judge sent them home, saying they could eat dinner and…
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Jogger: In ’02, Dunn beat her
On a steamy summer day in 2002, Kelly Jo Harris decided to jog along one of the shadier trails at Bona Dea Trails Park and Sanctuary in Russellville.
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Dunn wife testifies on rough sex
Gary Dunn liked aggressive sex, which caused his wife to need an emergency hysterectomy, a tearful Jennifer Dunn told jurors Monday.
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Dirksmeyer crime scene a puzzle, detective says
Detective Mark Frost snapped on a pair of black latex gloves before picking up the weapon used to kill Russellville college student Nona Dirksmeyer.
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As in Dunn’s first trial, experts clash over DNA on wrapper
DNA experts bickered in court all day Thursday over whether genetic material found on a condom wrapper belongs to capital-murder defendant Gary Dunn.
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2 witnesses recall finding Dirksmeyer
Twice now, jurors in Gary Dunn’s capital murder retrial have listened to a 911 recording of Janice Jones in the minutes after she first saw Nona Dirksmeyer’s n…
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Dirksmeyer’s lover quizzed about doings on fatal day
Defense attorney Bill James couldn’t hide his jubilation over a “gotcha” moment as he wrapped up his cross-examination of Kevin Jones, who testified all day Fr…
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Dunn portrayed as stalker; still no proof, says defense
Attorneys painted contrasting portraits of capital-murder defendant Gary Dunn on Thursday as testimony began in his retrial.
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Attorneys point to different killers during opening arguments
Opening arguments haven't started yet in the second murder trial against the man accused in the 2005 beating death of beauty queen Nona Dirksmeyer, but one jur…
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Jury seated for trial in beauty queen's death
A jury has been selected and opening statements are scheduled in the murder trial of a Dover man in the beating death of Arkansas beauty queen Nona Dirksmeyer.…
