Hannibal double murder subject of new play
Posted: 10.22.2010 at 5:24 AM
Victims mother wants to put spotlight on domestic violence
Manuel Cazares
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HANNIBAL, MO. -- The domestic violence that led to a Hannibal woman's murder has been captured in a very dramatic way.
The Friday edition of
The Hannibal Courier-Post
will report on a new stage production involving the birth mother of Amanda R. Thomas.
The 27-year-old mother and a friend, 25-year-old Patrick Epley, were stabbed to death in Hannibal on February 28th of last year.
Thomas' former boyfriend, 33-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant
Manuel Cazares
, has been charged with second-degree murder and will go to trial Jan. 31.
Thomas' birth mother is a Quincy native who now lives outside Lincoln, Nebraska.
She told the Courier-Post she hopes the play will help showcase the need for more attention to domestic violence.
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