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Heather Matthews # 032633
Ohio Reformatory for Women
1479 Collins Ave.
Marysville, Ohio 43040

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Five people have been left dead and four wounded in what the police describe as a spree of "joy killing" by four youths here late last week.

The authorities believe that robbery alone was the initial motive for the attacks but that once the assailants "tasted blood, they couldn't stop," said Sgt. George Hammann of the Dayton police.

The four suspects, two of them minors, were arrested Saturday after three days of holdups and shootings. In court appearances today, all were charged with aggravated murder and robbery.

The spree began Thursday, when an 18-year-old woman was shot to death at a pay telephone. Later that day a man was shot four times outside a house, suffering minor wounds.

On Friday, another man was shot to death while sitting in his car. Two other people were wounded Saturday, one critically, in the attempted robbery of a convenience store. Details on the fourth wounding were not disclosed. Victims in Gravel Dump

The four suspects were riding in a stolen car when they were arrested early Saturday, and the car's owner was later found shot to death at his home.

The last two victims, Wendy Cottrill, 16, and Marvin Washington, 18, were found slain Sunday in a gravel dump on the city's west side. Police Chief James Newby said those two had known their assailants and had probably been shot shortly before the suspects were arrested because "they knew too much." He did not elaborate.

The two adult suspects, Marvellous Keene, 19, and Heather Matthews, 20, appeared in Dayton Municipal Court today and were each ordered held on cash bond of $5 million. The Montgomery County Prosecutor, Mathias Heck Jr., said he would seek the death penalty against both.

The two juveniles, Demarcus Smith, 17, and Laura Taylor, 16, were held without bond after appearing in Montgomery County Juvenile Court. Mr. Heck said he would seek to have them tried as adults, which could lead to a sentence of as much as 25 years to life in prison.

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they should wait and try them as adults idiotsdisgust: