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Buckels and McMahan

Arrest in 1984 murders of Buckels and McMahan

June 5, 2010 By Alice

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Thanks to DNA we now have an arrest in the 1984 murders of Buckels and McMahan. Seldon Wayne Colvin (58) was arrested for the murders of John Robert Buckels (38)and Janis Petkas McMahan (37). On Sept 28, 1984, the badly decomposed bodies of Buckels and McMahan, both of Houston (Texas), were found along Old Highway […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Ballistics, Buckels and McMahan, DNA, Gun Fire, Janis Petkas McMahan, John Roberts Buckels, Texas, Unsolved Homicide

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