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Police Have Few Clues
In Abduction of Girl, 17By JOHN MAKEIG
A windblown cowboy hat
found on El Retiro Street was
among dozens of possible
leads pursued Monday by po-
lice searching for clues in the
Sunday morning abduction of
Carla W ker, 17, but yielded
no resu ts.
"We really don't have any-
thing yet," said homicide
Det. Lt.. Oliver E. Ball. "Yes,
we're getting worried. . . we
need help. If anybody has any
information in the case, we'll
be glad to keep it confidential
if they want it that way."
Phones rang almost con-
stantly in the police station
Monday as numerous persons
called in information, but po-
lice still had not ascertained
why the Western Hills High
School junior was dragged
screaming from her date'scar, which was parked on the
lot of the Brunswick Ridglea
Bowl, 3600 Highway 377.
The FBI was called into the
investigation Monday.
* *
BENBROOK MAYOR
Wayne Wilson, who Monday
was answering the telephone
at the home of the girl's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leighton
Walker of 3809 Williams
Road, said he is among sever-
al persons who will establish
a reward fund Tuesday at
Benbrook State Bank.
He said the reward would
be paid for the safe return of
the girl.
The missing girl, who was
wearing a formal dress since
she and her date, Rodney
McCoy, had just left a St.
Valentine's Day dance at
Western Hills, was draggedfrom the car1
told McCoy:
kill you."by a youth who
"I'm going toDuring the struggle that en-
sued inside McCoy's car, po-
lice said, McCoy was shot
three times in the head with
what is believed to have been
a pellet gun. He was treated
for scalp wounds at Peter
Smith Hospital and released.
***
McCOY, WHO said he was
dazed by the wounds, could
not provide police a detailed
description of the abductor,
but said the man was white,
in his early 20s, with short
brown hair cut military style,
clean shaven and wearing a
light brown cowboy hat. .
Miss Walker's friends at
Western Hills, meanwhile, ex-
pressed dismay that someone
would want to harm the girl,
who was described variously
as "the sweetest person you'd
ever want to meet," a student
who made all A and B grades
in her classwork, and a per-
son without an enemy in the
world.
Miss Walker's classmates
said they knew of some dis-
putes between McCoy and an-
other, older youth, but indi-
cated they felt the other youth
probably was not involved in
the abduction.
A friend of Miss Walker's
recalled that the youth had
been "bugging" McCoy and
Miss Walker, but added that
she did not believe the fric-
tion between them would
have been enough to cause
the youth to want to kill any-
one.
on. * * *
ANOTHER GIRL said she
saw Miss Walker Saturday,
and heard of the same disa-
greement that happened at a
Mr. Quick restaurant, but
also said she wasn't sure the
youth was involved in the ab-
duction.
"I think he tried to pick a
fight with Rodney," she said.
"Carla told me he finally just
drove off and nothing hap-
pened, though."
Miss Walker and McCoy
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Makeig, John. [Clipping: Police Have Few Clues In Abduction of Girl, 17], clipping, February 19, 1974; Fort Worth. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1794743/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.