RICHARD LAWSON Fugitive On The Run For Nine Years Found Dead
Reported by: Leslie Rubin
Web Producer: Mamie Buoy
Reported: Jan. 18, 2013 9:18 PM EST
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Waterville, Maine
, Ohio
U.S. Marshals say a fugitive they have been searching for, for nine years, has been found dead.
Richard Lawson was wanted for failure to appear at trial on gun and meth charges.
U.S. Marshals out of Parkersburg had been searching for Lawson for years, when they learned Friday that his body had been discovered in a deserted industrial park in Waterville, Maine.
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