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SAN ANTONIO PURSE-MURDER
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WARD: LIVE -At San Antonio..20-year old Keith Williams has been charged with robbery and murder..and jailed in lieu of 200-thousand Dollars bond.Williams had been traced by police..through a truck used in a bizarre purse-snatching incident that turned into a murder case. 83-yr old Myrtle Preston and her 77-yr old sister Norma Black were walking across a shopping center parking lot ,.w a slow-moving truck moved alongside the sisters..and a thief inside the truck reached out and grabbed Mrs.Preston's purse.She clutched the purse..and was dragged 83-feet before losing her grip..and falling beneath the wheels of the truck.Her sister..Mrs.Black was knocked down and suffered multiple injuries.She's reported in fair condition.Witnesses supplied police with a partial license plate number .and the truck was traced to Williams and a 16-yr old boy.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: San Antonio Purse Murder],
script,
September 3, 1973, 6:00 p.m.;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1909445/m1/1/:
accessed July 17, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
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