Almost 40 years after a woman disappeared from a small Northern
California town, her husband has been arrested on suspicion of killing
her and then disposing of her body.
AP reports:
Marvin Gail Owens, 62, was taken into custody in Keith
County, Nebraska, on a warrant issued by officials in California. Owen’s
wife, Deborah, was last seen Nov. 19, 1978, in Oroville. Two days
later, Owens reported his wife missing. The mother of two hasn’t been
seen since.
Evidence has been recovered from the couple’s Oroville home, said
Butte County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Hail, who declined to elaborate. He
said that investigators also conducted fresh interviews with the
couple’s daughters, who were raised by Owens and are now adults. “It was
important for us to talk to them about things told to them as they grew
up about their mom,” Hail said. “That’s certainly a factor in all of
this.”
Owens remained in Lincoln County Jail on Friday with bail set at $1
million. Butte County District Attorney Michael Ramsey said Owens
appeared in a Nebraska courtroom Friday, and he did not challenge his
extradition to California, where he will face the murder charge. Butte
County officials expect to bring Owens to California next week, Ramsey
said, noting the long investigation. “It’s been a slow slog over the
decades,” he said.
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