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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016
Murder rocks community
Former ‘Bamazon’ reality show cast member Matthew Clate McDaniel of Dadeville has been charged with the Sunday murder of Norman Crayton of Jacksons Gap.
McDaniel arrested in Sunday shooting death of Crayton By MITCH SNEED Editor
Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said his department is investigating an early Sunday morning homicide. Abbett said that Matthew Clate McDaniel, 33, of Dadeville is in custody at the Tallapoosa County Jail on murder charges. McDaniel is suspected of shooting Norman Deon Crayton, 40, of Jacksons Gap to death early Sunday
morning. On Wednesday, McDaniel was released from jail after posting a $250,000 bond. “On Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 at approximately 4:43 a.m. the department received a call regarding a body being found by hunters in a wooded area off Barron’s Bridge Road located south of Dadeville,” Abbett said in a released statement. “Upon arriving on the scene the body was identified
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as Norman Deon Crayton, age 40, of Jacksons Gap. The initial investigation revealed the victim has sustained gunshot wounds that caused his death.” Abbett said the investigation led them to identify McDaniel as a suspect in the shooting death. “Further investigation lead to the arrest of McDaniel,” Abbett said. “McDaniel has been charged with murder.” See SHOOTING • Page 3
Helping a precious child Local woman raising funds to help Vietnamese child medical needs
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Camp Hill Council decided to install speed bumps at a deadly intersection, took more corrective action on the town’s sewage issues and welcomed a new town attorney. Just over week following a tragedy at the intersection Martin Luther King Jr. Street and Holley Avenue in Camp Hill, the council approved the installation of speed bumps in hopes of preventing another accident. “We have had them there before,” Camp Hill Mayor Danny Evans said. “I would like to see us put them back on Martin Luther King Jr. Street. Hopefully we can prevent another accident.” The council also welcomed Charles Gillenwaters as its new attorney. Gillenwaters is an Alexander City attorney and a Camp Hill resident. “Please let me know if you have questions,” Gillenwaters said. “But remember, I also need to get up to speed on your issues See COUNCIL • Page 5
By MITCH SNEED Editor
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Dadeville’s, Patricia Maxey, above left, poses at the airport with Lam Ti Lee and her daughter Nguyet Tran after she received treatment for a disfiguring birth defect. Maxey is spearheading an effort to raise additional funds to help complete the treatment and surgeries that will further help with her condition. Left, Lam Ti Lee and her daughter Nguyet Tran before she had her first treatment.
A Dadeville woman is on a mission to help a little girl a half a world away to live a normal life, despite being born with a disfiguring condition. Patricia Maxey is hoping to continue to help a young Vietnamese girl who is need of an expensive surgery to complete a treatment she began more than two years ago when Maxey first heard the story. Nguyet Tran is a Vietnamese child who was born with a facial hemangioma. According to the Mayo Clinic, a hemangioma is a birthmark that most commonly appears as a rubbery, bright red nodule of extra blood vessels in the skin. Sometimes called a strawberry mark, a hemangioma grows during the first year of life, and then recedes over time. But for Nguyet Tran, the growth that was about the size of an actual strawberry at birth, began to increase in size rapidly. “I became involved when the child was nearly one year old when a friend of mine showed me her picture and asked me if I could help,” Maxey said. “We See CHILD • Page 5
A time for healing: Crowd gathers Sunday for Camp Hill vigil
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Members of the Camp Hill community gathered Sunday to pray–not only for the families of recent tragedies–but for the entire town. “We want to pray for the community,” Camp Hill Council Member Ezell Smith said. We are here to pray for the city, the bereaved, the sick, homeless and those that are lost.” Just over a week ago four Camp Hill residents, James Moss, 47, Eric Moore, 40, Willie Ballard, 44, and 48-year-old Angela Barnett, were killed in an automobile accident near their home at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Street and Holley Avenue. The driver of the vehicle responsible for the accident according to Camp Hill Police Chief Johnny Potts, Cobe Dashawn Bowens is also from Camp Hill. “We are here to pray to seek God’s intervention See VIGIL • Page 5
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Lilla Thomas of the Camp Hill Public Library leads a song at the prayer vigil in Camp Hill Sunday. The vigil was held for families of recent tragedies and to pray for the town.
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