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Missing Wal-Mart clerk shot to death, police say
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published January 22, 2005
TYLER, TEXAS -- A college student whose abduction was captured on a surveillance videotape as she was leaving her clerk's job at a Wal-Mart store was found shot to death Friday, and a suspect was arrested, authorities said.
The body of Megan Leann Holden, 19, was discovered on the side of a highway in western Texas.
Police said she was killed by a man who went on a multistate crime spree before he turned up Friday at an Arizona hospital with a gunshot wound.
The suspect, Johnny Lee Williams, 24, was being held on a $1 million bond on an aggravated kidnapping charge from Texas, authorities said, adding that Williams was driving the woman's pickup truck, which was parked outside the hospital.
The abduction was captured in chilling detail Wednesday after the woman clocked out from the Wal-Mart in Tyler just before midnight.
The apparent abductor--a man in a long, dark coat--was seen loitering around the front entrance of the store "for a good period of time," Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said.
The tape later shows Holden getting into her truck and the man "running up behind her and either hitting her or pushing her," Martin said.
Two days later, Holden's body was found near Stanton, about 380 miles west of Tyler.
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Man arrested in Willcox following Texas abduction, murder
By Ignacio Ibarra
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
A man being sought in the abduction of a Tyler, Texas woman who has been found dead was arrested this morning at a Willcox hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound officials said he sustained in an attempted armed robbery in Bowie.
Megan Leann Holden, a 19-year-old college student from Henderson, Texas, was reported missing Thursday morning when she did not return home from her night shift at a Tyler, Texas, Wal-Mart.
Tyler Police Chief Gary Swindle has confirmed Holden's body has been found, but declined to give details.
Earlier, Martin County Sheriff's Department officials said they were investigating the discovery of a body near Stanton, Texas, that they believed was that of the missing woman.
Johnny Lee Williams, 24, was shot shortly before 6 a.m. Friday, after pulling into Bowie's Mountain View RV Park in a truck belonging to Holden and approaching the manager with a handgun demanding money, said Carol Capas, a spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
The manager, whose name has not been released, "felt threatened, and pulled out his own gun and shot the man one time," Capas said. "The bullet apparently went through the front of the shoulder and then went out through his back."
Williams jumped back into the truck and drove away after the shooting. A short time later, he was headed east on Interstate 10 when he pulled over and flagged down a passing motorist. That individual then followed Williams to the Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox, about 20 miles away.
Capas said the link to the Texas kidnapping was discovered when deputies investigating the Bowie shooting arrived at the hospital and ran the license plates of the truck Williams had been driving.
She said deputies called Willcox Police for assistance in taking Williams into custody at the hospital and have contacted Tyler, Texas police and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials, who were en route to Willcox this morning.
The truck was impounded and is being held pending the arrival of the investigators.
Surveillance video from the Texas Wal-Mart appeared to show Holden being shoved into her truck by a man, who then drove away in the vehicle.
Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said it was not clear if Williams is the man seen in the video. The videotape "shows Megan getting into her truck and the suspect running up behind her and either hitting her or pushing her," Martin said.
He said Holden, a clerk at the store, had clocked out at 11:43 p.m. Wednesday. Surveillance tape also shows a man, about 20 to 25 years old, in a long, dark coat, apparently the abductor, loitering around the front of the store "for a good period of time," Martin said.
He also was seen on tape about 1 1/2 hours before the abduction, emerging from a bathroom and walking around inside the store.
? The Associated Press contributed to this article.
? Contact Ignacio Ibarra at 520-806-7746 or at [email protected].
Chicago Tribune:
Missing Wal-Mart clerk shot to death, police say
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published January 22, 2005
TYLER, TEXAS -- A college student whose abduction was captured on a surveillance videotape as she was leaving her clerk's job at a Wal-Mart store was found shot to death Friday, and a suspect was arrested, authorities said.
The body of Megan Leann Holden, 19, was discovered on the side of a highway in western Texas.
Police said she was killed by a man who went on a multistate crime spree before he turned up Friday at an Arizona hospital with a gunshot wound.
The suspect, Johnny Lee Williams, 24, was being held on a $1 million bond on an aggravated kidnapping charge from Texas, authorities said, adding that Williams was driving the woman's pickup truck, which was parked outside the hospital.
The abduction was captured in chilling detail Wednesday after the woman clocked out from the Wal-Mart in Tyler just before midnight.
The apparent abductor--a man in a long, dark coat--was seen loitering around the front entrance of the store "for a good period of time," Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said.
The tape later shows Holden getting into her truck and the man "running up behind her and either hitting her or pushing her," Martin said.
Two days later, Holden's body was found near Stanton, about 380 miles west of Tyler.
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Man arrested in Willcox following Texas abduction, murder
By Ignacio Ibarra
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
A man being sought in the abduction of a Tyler, Texas woman who has been found dead was arrested this morning at a Willcox hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound officials said he sustained in an attempted armed robbery in Bowie.
Megan Leann Holden, a 19-year-old college student from Henderson, Texas, was reported missing Thursday morning when she did not return home from her night shift at a Tyler, Texas, Wal-Mart.
Tyler Police Chief Gary Swindle has confirmed Holden's body has been found, but declined to give details.
Earlier, Martin County Sheriff's Department officials said they were investigating the discovery of a body near Stanton, Texas, that they believed was that of the missing woman.
Johnny Lee Williams, 24, was shot shortly before 6 a.m. Friday, after pulling into Bowie's Mountain View RV Park in a truck belonging to Holden and approaching the manager with a handgun demanding money, said Carol Capas, a spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
The manager, whose name has not been released, "felt threatened, and pulled out his own gun and shot the man one time," Capas said. "The bullet apparently went through the front of the shoulder and then went out through his back."
Williams jumped back into the truck and drove away after the shooting. A short time later, he was headed east on Interstate 10 when he pulled over and flagged down a passing motorist. That individual then followed Williams to the Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox, about 20 miles away.
Capas said the link to the Texas kidnapping was discovered when deputies investigating the Bowie shooting arrived at the hospital and ran the license plates of the truck Williams had been driving.
She said deputies called Willcox Police for assistance in taking Williams into custody at the hospital and have contacted Tyler, Texas police and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials, who were en route to Willcox this morning.
The truck was impounded and is being held pending the arrival of the investigators.
Surveillance video from the Texas Wal-Mart appeared to show Holden being shoved into her truck by a man, who then drove away in the vehicle.
Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said it was not clear if Williams is the man seen in the video. The videotape "shows Megan getting into her truck and the suspect running up behind her and either hitting her or pushing her," Martin said.
He said Holden, a clerk at the store, had clocked out at 11:43 p.m. Wednesday. Surveillance tape also shows a man, about 20 to 25 years old, in a long, dark coat, apparently the abductor, loitering around the front of the store "for a good period of time," Martin said.
He also was seen on tape about 1 1/2 hours before the abduction, emerging from a bathroom and walking around inside the store.
? The Associated Press contributed to this article.
? Contact Ignacio Ibarra at 520-806-7746 or at [email protected].
