(AP) – Newton County authorities say a man whose body was found
near Joplin this week had walked away from a halfway house in Oklahoma.Sheriff Chris Jennings says the body found Tuesday south of Joplin was
57-year-old Lanny Leon Holman, of Rocky, Oklahoma.
near Joplin this week had walked away from a halfway house in Oklahoma.Sheriff Chris Jennings says the body found Tuesday south of Joplin was
57-year-old Lanny Leon Holman, of Rocky, Oklahoma.
Jennings says a warrant was issued for Holman’s arrest in January after he
left the halfway house.
The Joplin Globe reports authorities have not said how Holman died. But
authorities say he had several bruises and appeared to have been beaten.
Investigators believe Holman was killed elsewhere and his body dumped along
the road.
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