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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Tom Peterson / The Bulletin
April 11, 2001
A Bend man charged with murdering his girlfriend said he killed the woman during a fight over drugs and then fled to Portland by bus with the help of friends, witnesses and police testified Tuesday at a bail hearing.
James Byron Coon, 52, of 436-1/2 NE Clay Ave. is charged with aggravated murder....