European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. May 15, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 3 relentless probe ends in murder convictions continued from Pacog 1 Stuhl. At some Point during inc Lig Alors interviews with people who knew Curry. 3 fragment of interesting information Turku a up Curry someone said. Had had another child who had died. The Colhof one child might he considered bad Luck Cullen Houghl Ai the Lime. But to have a Sec Ond Chi it die is too  despite .1 Hunch that there might be More to this Case than met the eve. Culler and the investigators faced a glaring Lack or information. There was no Date no local Ion. There were conflicting stories of How the child had died exposure suffocation. All we knew was Hal Curry May have had another infant child thai had died a Timlen said. Through a Cross Check by the criminal investigation come s Washington office investigators found during the summer that another Curry child had indeed died under suspicious circumstances. That death had been investigated by civilian authorities but Curry was not charged in the Case. The pathologist who had exam ined the baby s body did not Label the death a murder. But also unearthed in the military s 1987 quest for information was an Alexandria va., police detective named Thomas Mote had who had investigated Kirk Lan Lee s death and had always suspected that Curry murdered the a Why hut had i been Able to prove in to anyone  Morris said paralleling the investigation into Kirklan Lee s death was Legal activity involving the death of Erik Lee. Whose Demkiw had been ruled n homicide by army medical Aiu Horh it s. Wilh information steadily stacking up on the 1976 death Cullen said he and Morris Fen what we were dealing with was someone who had a predisposition toward violence Loward  then the real Hunt began a search for possible wit Nesses including Curry s sex wife hath who could shed Light on events of nearly a dozen years before. And an exhumation of Kirklan i cd s body which had been buried in Arlington National cemetery also was in order. In charge of the subsequent scrutiny of Kirklan Lee s body was Glenn Wagner of the Arr cd forces Institute of pathology who transported the remain across two slate lines in his sports car. The remains Morris said were in poor shape because Llic cheap coffin in which the child had been interred had col lapsed. However Wagner was Able to piece together some evidence Hal apparently had been overlooked in Ibe original autopsy. Every time we talked to him there was More information that the child had been systematically  Morris said. Meanwhile the to prosecutors juggled workloads for ongoing casts and burned up the phones Between Kaiser Lautem and the United slates from 6 . To 10 . Local time to truck Down people who had been scattered to the four  they searched for social workers former neighbors of the Curry doctors who had treated Kirklan Lee and anyone else who might have been Able to help i hair Case. A number of limes we d stumble into each other s office and say i be read the Case again and now i be Houghl of this we did Hrit millions of limes to prob ably seems kind of  Morris said. But it really is an immersion kind of thing. You did t have to Force yourself to slay motivated. Sab Pinou of Iii Moira jew Morris left and Cullen examine human brain Model Otic of 11.0 trial exhibits. In heir Kalser Slauter office. Particularly elusive was Bolh Curry who had not been in Ron Lack with her immediate family for a num Ber of years. The last address she d Given her family turned out to be a vacant lot in new Orleans. Nut everyone lives a real traditional life with a Driver s License or charge cards Morris said. What Morris termed a real classic piece of team work with the criminal investigation corny on dec. 3 located Beth Curry through a cajun neighbor the operator of a boat repair shop who initially Houghl the military callers were boat captains. Despite the passage of Many years since the death of her child Beth Curry who was living in a Mobile Home on a Louisiana Bayou was eager to cooperate Oiler Breaks unfolded. A former co worker and neighbor of Curry was found. He had never forgotten the Soldier saying he d gotten Over on this one a statement thai could have been interpreted to mean Curry thought he d escaped punishment soon after the baby s death. Killer testimony Morris said unconsciously Pun Ning lie Theca worker had never for Gauen that Fili ally in was time to go to trial. They were confident that i hair cases against Curry in Bolh deaths were Strong but the Only unsettling Factor pondered by Cullen and Morris was that they had never met most of i hair witnesses. As any lawyer knows the Best of cases can be shaken by a witness who does not come across Well to a jury. The Gamble paid off the jury apparently believing the Many witnesses whose testimonies corroborated one another s even though 11 years had passed convicted Kirklan Curry after five Days of courtroom action after the verdict was announced. Belli Curry reunited with her Mother after Many years separation said she would rest easier. I be lived with this for 11 years she said. "1 just Hope and Pray to god that he Curry suffers As much As 1 and my son have the two lawyers Boss col Dennis Corrigan praised their work. These Guys did what lawyers Are supposed to do. They never gave up even when the Legal hurdles seemed insurmountable. They worked his Case Day and night for months All the while handling Shtir regu Lar caseload Corrigan said. Essentially they put this Case together Over the  to vent his own Relief Morris ran about four Miles the night the trial ended and he admitted. I did Jack up the music a Little Bil at my place to was t like having won the world series but there was a real sense. It was aright  Curry has been transferred to fort Leavenworth to begin his prison irm. Although Curry also worked in Llic list support come s Headquarters Complex the two lawyers did not know him before they prosecuted him and they say they still do not know him. You did t spend a lot of time focusing on Curry a an evil Man. That was t our Job. We re sworn to seek Justice Morris said it was just a name. In was t As if you knew the Guy Cullen added. You did t feel sorry for him you did t feel hatred for him. To was very clinical search continues in ruins of Mexico building aguascauente5. Mexico a rescuer cleared crumbled Concrete in the fading Hope that someone might still be alive under the rubble of an unfinished four Story building i Days after it collapsed killing at least 13 people. Officials said Friday that at least 53 people were injured when the Structure came crashing Down As workers were Aboul to pour the last Concrete at a Furni lure Factor that occupied the ground floor and part of the basement some of the injured were buried for hours. I had finished working and was about to leave when. All of a sudden every one started Yelling hysterically Hal there was an earthquake said Juan flares who was buried for five hours. I dashed under a table and All of a sudden everything went dark and there was this terrific noise and there was just everywhere he told the Excelsior news Agency. He said a slab of Concrete that fell on the table protected him from the rest of the debris. Flores said he was quiet at first but the fear and the anguish of being buried. Impelled me to yell very loud and the Rescue squads dug me  the  state government said 13 people died including a 16-year old boy Riding past the building on a bicycle when it collapsed thursday. But a red Cross official said at Casl 14 people were known dead. All Day Friday officials gave conflict ing estimates of the number of people believed trapped under the rubble. Eduardo Zapata chief red Cross attendant on duty Laic Friday in this City 320 Miles Northwest of the capital said Crews were painstakingly working their Way Down through the massive nibble rescuers swung sledgehammers at chunks of rubble and passed Concrete blocks Down a line As they cleared the debris piece by piece. Below we think there is no longer anyone alive because there would t be enough air Zapata said. He said a Large amount of dirt had fallen in with the building which had three basement Levels a main floor and three upper stories. We have the building plans and we arc making tunnels where we think there May be people and when we determine there arc not we will begin to use machines he said. He said workers planned to search through the nigh i. Gilb no Sanchez the radio officer Al police Headquarters in the City of half a million residents said about 60 soldiers from the army Garrison joined firefighter police and volunteers in the Rescue Effort. Bulldozers and cranes were brought from As far away As Salamanca 70 Miles to the Southwest. Celia lie la Torre a slate government spokeswoman said late Friday the num Ber of dead stood at 13. Zapala said 14 were known dead. He said 12 bodies had been recovered and two others remained in the rubble. Two people were missing he said. Do la Torre said authorities believed two or three May still be trapped