The Daily Mississippian – November 11, 2013

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The Daily

Monday, November 11, 2013

Mississippian

Vol. 102, No. 55

The Student Newspaper of The University Of Mississippi | Serving Ole Miss and Oxford since 1911

Tragedy. Two Ole Miss students were killed and two more were injured in a one-car accident early Saturday morning on Highway 7 near University Avenue. BY PETE PORTER tjporter@go.olemiss.edu

Two Ole Miss students were killed and two more were hospitalized after being involved in a one-car accident around 5 a.m. Saturday on Highway 7. Lafayette County Deputy Coroner Glenn Coleman said Kevin J. Eagan, 18, of St. Charles, Mo., Eagan, 18 and Christopher J. Grimaud, 20, of St. Louis died after their Ford Mustang left the highway near University Avenue, going onto the median and rolling over at least once. The Oxford Police Department is investigating the incident.

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Arthur Lueking of Chesterfield, Mo., the driver of the vehicle, is in good condition at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Passenger James Connors, also from the St. Louis area, has been released from Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. According to The ClarionLedger, Lueking and Grimaud, 20 Connors were ejected from the vehicle. “We are deeply saddened at the loss of our students and a loss to the Ole Miss family,” Ole Miss Dean of Students Sparky Reardon said Sunday. “We are See ACCIDENT, PAGE 5

ALEX EDWARDS| The Daily Mississippian

Black ribbons are displayed on the front of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house Sunday afternoon.

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Josh Sessums

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Prayers for the Ole Miss family as two students were killed in a car accident early this morning. #SECFamily

Praying for the Ole Miss family and the families of the 2 guys killed in a car crash in Oxford today. Really sad to read.

Hooper Wilkinson

Nick Koch

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Praying for Ole Miss ATO and Phi Psi. No one should have to go this young.

Candle light ceremony went to show how Ole miss is more than a college. It’s a family. #HottyToddy

Arrest made after mother, son found dead in Oxford BY ADAM GANUCHEAU dmeditor@gmail.com

THOMAS GRANING | The Daily Mississippian

Family and friends hug as officials investigate a double homicide on South Lamar Boulevard Friday. The bodies of Carol Gary, 43, and her son Patrick Earl Gary Jr., 12, were found in their home Friday morning.

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A man was arrested Friday after a mother and son were discovered dead early Friday morning in their Oxford home in the South Oaks subdivision off South Lamar Boulevard. Regis Mister, 25, was charged with two counts of murder for the murders of Carol Gary, 43, and her son Patrick Earl Gary Jr., 12. Mister is Carol Gary’s oldest son. Mister is being held in the Lafayette Mister, 25 County Detention Center and will face an initial court appearance today in the Lafayette County Justice Court. Carol Gary was the principal at Davidson Elemen-

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tary School in Water Valley. Patrick Earl Gary Jr. was a student at Oxford Middle School. Students at Davidson Elementary signed posters in memory of Gary and honored her before Water Valley High School’s football game Friday night. Grief counselors were made available to teachers and students at Oxford Middle School, according to Oxford School District Communications Director Kelly Graeber. Oxford Police Chief Joey East said Mister was a former Yalobusha County law enforcement officer. WTVA in Tupelo reported that Mister

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