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Archive Home > 2002 > January > 13 > Thrill killing shakes Bend's sense of safety

Thrill killing shakes Bend's sense of safety

By Linda Weiford / The Bulletin
January 13, 2002

When Jeffrey Lee Spoonire stood on a knoll in west Bend and shot jogger Mary Ann Thomas 20 years ago, he took more than the life of a 29-year-old wife and registered nurse.

He robbed a small city of its sense of safety.

Spoonire, then 22, received the toughest sentence under Oregon law for a....

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