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Cape Girardeau man arrested in 1979 Missouri slaying case

Published: Sunday, April 12, 2009 6:40 AM CDT

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - A 61-year-old man paroled in 2007 after serving time for kidnapping now faces charges in a southeast Missouri woman's 1979 slaying.

Max Allen Ellison Jr. was arrested Friday on first-degree murder and robbery charges. He was taken into custody by U.S. marshals in Christian County and was to be transported to Cape Girardeau County.

His bond was set at $10 million cash only.

Ellison used to work as a sheriff's deputy in Stoddard County. But more recently, prosecutors say, he had been an inmate at a federal correctional facility.

Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle told The Associated Press that Ellison was paroled in 2007 after serving about half of a 65-year federal sentence in central Illinois for kidnapping.

Swingle would not comment on the murder investigation and what led authorities to link Ellison to the slaying.

Ellison is accused of killing 24-year-old Deborah Martin. She was found dead in September 1979 near a staircase in the building where she lived and ran an antiques business in Cape Girardeau. Her residence was upstairs and her shop on the lower levels.

One of Martin's employees found her bruised, nude body. Former Cape Girardeau County Coroner Harold Cobb ruled the death a homicide.


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Byron W. wrote on Apr 19, 2009 7:32 PM:

" So the suspect was paroled in 2007 serving about half a 65 year sentence. Wouldn't that mean he was in prison in 1979? "

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Travelin_Rose wrote on Apr 17, 2009 11:00 AM:

" How nice that law enforcement now has forensic evidence ability. That is how many of these crimes are solved decades later. I saw on "Forensic Files" a policeman say: If you have committed a crime and think you got away with it. You didn't. We will come knocking at your door soon." Chilling for the criminal. Nice for the law abiding citizens. "

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