 | March 9, 1992;
State of Texas v Kenneth Allen McDuff,
SOF in Cause #93-2139, Volume 22, pgs. 11218 and in Cause #643820, Volume 3, pgs. 203206.
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| 5 Ibid.
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| 6 MCSO Files:
Statement of Louis Bailey,
March 13, 1992.
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| 7 Ibid.; MCSO Files:
Continuation Report,
by Bobby R. Hunt, March 1, 1992.
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| 8
State of Texas v Kenneth Allen McDuff,
SOF in Cause #93-2139, Volume 29, pg. 148; Brenda Solomon.
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| 9
State of Texas v Kenneth Allen McDuff,
SOF in Cause #93-2139, Volume 29, pgs. 183 and 212 and in Cause #643820, Volume 3, pgs. 23342; Crawford Long and Mike Freeman, interviewed by the author on June 13, 1998.
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| 10
State of Texas v Kenneth Allen McDuff,
SOF in Cause #643820, Volume 1, pgs. 119, 130, and 215; Richard Stroup; MCSO Files:
Continuation Report,
by Bobby R. Hunt, March 1, 1992, and Ronnie Turnbough, May 7, 1992; MCDA Files:
Statement of [Quik Pak Employee],
u.d.
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| 11 Of course, only Kenneth McDuff knew exactly what happened that night. He never gave a statement or testimony implicating himself. Given the evidence, timelines, and circumstantial evidence, I consider the following description of the murder of Melissa Northrup to be the best possible reconstruction.
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| 12 Dallas County Sheriff's Department Files:
Offense/Incident Report,
by A. Jesttes, u.d., and
Supplementary Investigation Report, #92-06527,
April 30, 1992;
State of Texas v Kenneth Allen McDuff,
SOF in Cause #643820, Volume 8, pgs. 33,36, 4041; County of Dallas,
Affidavit,
by Pepper Cole, u.d.
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| 13
State of Texas v Kenneth Allen McDuff,
SOF in Cause #643820, Volume 5, pgs. 5357 and 6769; Crawford Long; Mike Freeman.
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| 14 Richard Stroup; Texas DPS Files:
Report of Investigation,
by Clayton Smith, March 16, 1992; MCSO Files:
Continuation Report,
by Bobby R. Hunt, March 1, 1992, and Richard Stroup, March 19, 1992.
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| 15 Richard Stroup
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