KANAWHA SNIPER SHOOTINGS LINKED - Sketch Of Suspect Released

(08/22/2003)

Authorities are asking the public to help identify the person in the sketch. He is described as a heavy-set white male Ballistic tests now show that at least three victims in a series of sniper-style slayings in Kanawha County were killed by the same weapon. Police have released a composite sketch of the suspect, a heavy-set white male. Charleston Police say that 31-year-old Jeanie Patton, 26-year-old Okey Meadows Junior and 44-year-old Gary Carrier Junior were all shot by a .22-caliber rifle. Based on witness accounts, investigators are looking for a dark-colored, two-tone Ford F-150 extended cab pickup that was spotted at the scenes of the Patton and Meadows shootings. Authorities have not linked drugs or the pickup truck to the shooting of 44-year-old Gary Carrier Junior, who was killed outside a Charleston convenience store on August 10.

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