Judge enters dismissal in park murder case

The Roanoke paper reports here ("Rice murder charges dismissed," 2/26/04) and the Richmond paper reports here ("Murder indictments against Rice tossed," 2/26/04) that Judge Moon of W.D. Va. has ordered the dismissal of the murder charges against the defendant in the case of two women killed in the Shenandoah Park. The Richmond paper said Judge Moon refused to bar further prosecution, but characterized as remote the prospects of reindictment.