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Fugitive Killer Nabbed Running Wedding Chapel

'Blended in with locals' say cops

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 25, 2010 4:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – A convicted killer on the lam for 38 years was finally nabbed this week—running the Cactus Rose wedding chapel in Arizona. Frank Dryman, who murdered a driver who picked him up hitchhiking on a snowy Montana road in 1951, skipped out on parole decades ago. He was finally tracked down by a detective hired by the murder victim's grandson. Authorities said Dryman, living under an assumed name, blended in well with the locals and had even made friends with county sheriffs.

Frank Dryman was running this Cactus Rose wedding chapel when authorities finally caught up to him.
Frank Dryman was running this Cactus Rose wedding chapel when authorities finally caught up to him.   (AP Photo/Kayne Crison, Casa Grande Dispatch)
This is Frank Dryman's mug shot in 1955.
This is Frank Dryman's mug shot in 1955.   (AP Photo/Montana Department of Corrections)
Convicted killer Frank Dryman was found after 38 years on the lam running the Cactus Rose wedding chapel.
Convicted killer Frank Dryman was found after 38 years on the lam running the Cactus Rose wedding chapel.   (AP Photo/Montana Department of Corrections)
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Spudsy
Mar 25, 2010 5:18 PM CDT
You meet the nicest people in church.
Count-Spatula
Mar 25, 2010 12:26 PM CDT
Religion; the last refuge of scoundrels.
 

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