RITCHIE MURDER VICTIMS IDENTIFIED - Warrant Issued For Lusk

(04/23/2001)
Two Ritchie County residents have been identified, victims of a double homicide. Deputy D. G. Farley with the Ritchie Sheriff's Department says 67-year-old Francis Dale McDonald and 39-year-old Rhonda Lee Lusk were found shot to death in McDonald's garage in the Washburn area. Rhonda Lee Lusk was identified as a neigbor to McDonald.

Police are looking for Ms. Lusk's husband, 44-year-old Hubert Lee Lusk, Jr. who was spotted in the vicinity, along Jessie Cain Run Road. Police said he may be headed for Blair Mountain in Logan County. (SEE earlier Hur Herald story)