European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 parents lose 2 children victim and her killer photo Mitchell Wright left sister to die in Field a Donald and Delphine Wright were so determined to find out who killed their 16yearold Daugh Ter Donnette that they set a private investigator on the he found the killer in their own we were running a race to get and we ended up in hell and  get Back Wright eight months after the 1983 the detective became suspicious when the Cou Ples then contradicted himself on his whereabouts at the time of the Mitchell failed a lie Detector test and later confessed to his stunned parents that he and his Best Friend beat Donnette and left her body in a where she died of internal injuries and a Skull want Justice done but even after the Wrights discovered they were not Only parents of the victim but of the they urged prosecutors to make sure Mitchell is imprisoned for the rest of his what we believe about the we believe applies to whether there family or Wright Mitchell Wright and his James both now have pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and murdering sentencing is set for april if i faced the possibility of them com ing out of jail and killing another girl and the death id pull the Wright i still love the Little boy 1 she but its like Hes sometimes i wonder whether the boy i thought 1 knew Ever really Donnette and Mitchell were two of four children adopted by the god gave us a House with room in Wright we figured we were sup posed to do something with on Donnette Digap police did not begin searching for three then found the girls partially undressed body under a log on an abandoned Mink farm Down the the Case led to state legislation that ended a police practice of waiting 24 hours before acting on a missing child Mitchell confessed that he lured the girl to the area for a Date with when she spurned wed Ells the boys punched her and kicked Leav ing her to according to court the investigator asked if the Wrights wanted him to negotiate for leniency with the states attorneys we said we didst feel he should get Wright its crazy to let him Back out on the i owe some thing to the next Little after that the Wrights took Mitchell to a Public defenders that when it hit i was losing another Wright a had come from a Trou bled but he seemed he was an altar he visited Nurs ing always trying to his father he had this very winning his a photo Donnette Wright spurned Friend of brother Mother police suggested that Mitchell planned his Sisters attack out of but Wright said that when she talks to he gets angry that people think he hated his he still Doest think he did anything Wright he thinks be cause she was still alive when he left her that he didst murder official fined for shoplifting cassette tape a state agriculture Secre tary Penrose a millionaire was convicted monday for the second time of shoplifting a cassette the 56yearold who is paid annually As a member of Dick Thornburgh called the verdict unbelievable and Hallowell requested the trial in Montgomery county common pleas court after a District magistrate found him guilty in january and fined him he insists he just forgot to pay for the and did not intend to steal i am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that this was retail judge William Vogel said after seeing a videotape that was secretly recorded by a Security camera in a Sears store the tape showed Hallowell furtively glancing in each direction before stuffing a cassette of the Boston pops orchestra into his about a minute he paid for a second this is one instance where you actually saw what Hap assistant District attorney Bert Goodman said during the the cassette tape was intentionally i have no alternative but to make this determination of the judge told Hallowell and his Rich Ard Ive listened and it is difficult for this court to understand How a person can forget in one minute that he put the tape in his pocket and forget to pay for Vogel Sprague had pleaded for for this for this a career  be Hallowell declined to answer questions about his cab inet the governors office summoned him to a meeting to review the verdict and to decide whether any disciplinary action should be Hallowell said he was not sure he would the penalty is a Fine and court the Only Issue on Appeal is whether we Are entitled to a jury Sprague i think if 12 citizens heard the outcome might have been Vogel previously turned Down a jury from the Start this has been one of the most and unfair situations that i and my family have Hallowell said As he walked from the courtroom with his wife and three i cant believe that the process of the Law can do thing when i made a relatively minor he Home Sweet Home make it easier on yourself with How to books on Home Plant at most bookstores