By BENNIE IVORY The Sentinel-Record 2-17-1978 The first-degree murder trial of Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy, who is charged in the death of Garland County Sheriff’s Deputy Linda Edwards, has been continued indefinitely in Hot Spring County Circuit Court. … Continue reading →

By WARREN MAUS  The Sentinel-Record 2-21-1978 The first degree murder trial of Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy, which was set off indefinitely last week, may not come to trial until August, according to Hot Spring Prosecuting Attorney John Cole. … Continue reading →

The Sentinel-Record 2-27-1978 Thumbs down to a system of justice that supposedly provides for a speedy trial while also allowing a policeman charged with first degree murder to possibly go more than a year before his case is finally heard.

By BENNIE IVORY  The Sentinel-Record 3-16-1978 The first degree murder trial of Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy, who is charged in the 1976 death of Garland County Sheriff’s Deputy Linda Edwards, has been continued indefinitely for the second time … Continue reading →

The Sentinel-Record 3-20-1978 Thumbs down again to the lethargic legal system which permits repeated delays in a first degree murder trial. Last weeks’s announcement of a second “indefinite” continuance in the case of Thurman Abernathy, a Hot Springs policeman charged … Continue reading →

Bennie Ivory The Sentinel-Record 3-31-78 Sheridan – Hot Spring County Prosecuting Attorney John Cole Thursday said a hearing will be held sometime in April on the admissibility of certain evidence the state intends to introduce in its case against Hot … Continue reading →

By BENNIE IVORY  The Sentinel-Record 5-11-1978 SHERIDAN – Hot Spring County Prosecuting Attorney John Cole Wednesday said he has agreed to a stipulation concerning evidence he plans to present in the first-degree murder trial of Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy. … Continue reading →

By MARK PHILLIPS  and By BENNIE IVORY The Sentinel-Record 5-25-1978 The race for the Democratic nomination for Garland County Sheriff has drawn three candidates whose philosophies on the office lay along the same lines. The two challengers in the race … Continue reading →

The Sentinel-Record 6-3-1978 A trial date for Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy, who is charged with first-degree murder, is expected to be set during pre-trial conference in Malvern Monday, according to Hot Spring County Prosecuting Attorney John Cole. Abernathy … Continue reading →

Letters to the editor  The Sentinel-Record 6-4-1978 Dear editor: I have never written to the newspaper before, but I do feel one who knows what a splendid job that Sheriff Barlow has done would speak up. Mr. Editor, I am … Continue reading →

City and State Digest  The Sentinel-Record 6-6-1978 Hot Spring County Circuit Judge Henry Means Monday cancelled a pre-trial conference in which a trial date for Hot Springs Lt. Thurman Abernathy was expected to be set. Abernathy is charged in the … Continue reading →

Letters to the editor  The Sentinel-Record 6-11-1978 Dear editor: In answer to a recent letter published in your newspaper, criticizing Sheriff Leon Barlow, for the way he handled the case of Linda Edwards, who was murdered August 21, 1976. I … Continue reading →

Letters to the editor  The Sentinel-Record 6-14-1978 Dear editor: In answer to Irene Browning’s Letter to the Editor of June 11, 1978. As a mother who loves her children more than life itself, I do not and can not understand why you … Continue reading →

City and State Digest  The Sentinel-Record 7-7-1978 A trial date has been set August 13-15 in Hot Spring County Circuit Court for Lt. Thurman Abernathy, accused of murdering a Garland County Sheriff’s deputy in 1976. Abernathy has been charged with … Continue reading →

The Sentinel-Record 7-10-1978 Thumbs up – at last – to the setting of a trial date for Lt. Thurman Abernathy, a suspended Hot Springs police officer charged in 1976 with first degree murder in connection with the death of Linda … Continue reading →

City and State Digest  The Sentinel-Record 7-25-1978 An Aug. 8 hearing on a defense motion to suppress certain evidence in the prosecution’s case against Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy, who is charged with first-degree murder, has been set in … Continue reading →

The Sentinel-Record 8-8-1978 A hearing on a motion to suppress part of the prosecution’s case against Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy, who is charged with first-degree murder, will be held this morning in Hot Spring County Circuit Court in … Continue reading →

By BENNIE IVORY The Sentinel-Record 8-9-1978 MALVERN – After listening to about 30 minutes of testimony, Hot Spring County Judge Henry B. Means Tuesday ruled inadmissible testimony about alleged statements Garland County Sheriff Deputy Linda Edwards made in conversations with … Continue reading →

Publication  Unknown – 8-9-1978 Sarah Edwards, a State Police radio dispatcher, testified Tuesday that Linda Edwards and Abernathy had had an affair for approximately three years before her death. Sarah Edwards said Linda Edwards became pregnant and told her Abernathy … Continue reading →

Publication Unknown  8-9-1978 MALVERN (AP) – The testimony of a woman who said Garland County Deputy Linda Edwards was going to meet a Hot Springs policeman on the night she disappeared was ruled inadmissible Tuesday. Circuit Judge Henry Means of … Continue reading →

Gazette State News 8-10-1978 SHERIDAN – Prosecuting Attorney John W. Cole of Sheridan said Wednesday that he would file a notice of appeal with the Arkansas Supreme Court asking for a reversal of Circuit Judge Henry B. Means’ ruling that … Continue reading →

By BENNIE IVORY The Sentinel-Record 8-10-1978 SHERIDAN – Hot Spring County Prosecuting Attorney John Cole said Wednesday he has decided to appeal a lower court ruling in the first-degree murder case of Hot Springs Police Lt. Thurman Abernathy to the state … Continue reading →

The Sentinel-Record 11-10-1978 The appeal of a Hot Spring County Circuit Court ruling in the Linda Edwards’ murder case is still pending in the state Supreme Court, Paul Blume, deputy Arkansas Attorney General, said Thursday. Mrs. Edwards, a Garland County … Continue reading →