Corruption witness shot
NZPA Rock Springs (Wyoming) The head of law enforcement in Rock Springs has been jailed as a suspect in the slaying of a police officer subpoenaed by a .Grand Jury probing corruption allegations. The Rock Springs public safety director, Ed Cantrell, aged 50, was jailed hours after the victim, Michae] Rosa, aged 29, was shot between the eyes with a .38calibre revolver.
The Sweetwater County Coroner, Peter Vase, said Rosa had been gunned down early on Saturday as he sat in an unmarked police car in a parking lot. The County Sheriff, Jim Stark, said Cantrell had been nuestioned and jailed at Green River, Wyoming, 24km west of Rock Springs. Sheriff Stark said charges vere pending. Rosa had been subpoenaed "o testify next week before! he Grand Jury at Cheyenne. The closed-door panel has been investigating allegations that prostitution, gambling, and drug rafficking are officially cononed in Wyoming boom owns.
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Press, 17 July 1978, Page 8
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