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FILN TII : 47 SECS
SUSPECT
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Harris was taken to Dallas this morning, fter
being charged in Hunt County with the shooting
death of 22-year-old Forrest Covey. Covey's
body and that of his 19-year-old wife, Jena,
were found last Sunday in a barn near ruinlan,
northeast of Mesquite. Harris was arrested at
about 2:30 this morning in his mother's mobile
home at Quinlao.
Reportedly, witness -- who lives near the
barn where the bodies were discovered --said a
man of Harris' description was driving a car
similar to M that sought by officers in
c onnection with the slayings. The witness
also reportedly identified Harris through mug
shots provided by the Hunt County Sheriff's
office. 4he suspect, who Torks at a rravel-
crushin: factory in :'uinlai, ?. , previous?
arrest record.dw
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Suspect lead], script, October 27, 1971, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1420800/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.