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1 Of 4 Dies In Hammer Assault

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office reports that one of the victims of the bludgeoning yesterday in Bayview, has died at Kootenai Medical Center.  Patricia Heath was pronounced dead shortly before 1:00 p.m. today from massive head trauma. Larry Cragun, 31 of Bayview is in custody on a variety of charges and is being held on $1,000,000 bond.  One charge will be amended to the charge of murder based upon the death of Mrs. Heath.  The investigation is on-going by detectives from the Sheriff’s Office/Major Ben Wolfinger, KCSD report. Also: Media swarm hammer attack scene (w/names of other victims).



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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