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Media Coverage of Francke/Gable Case

This is a "work in progress."
This project began in March 2008, and after formatting all the
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$100,000 BOND SET FOR FRANCKE FIGURE - 2/6/91

AFTER 16 MONTHS, FRANCKE CASE STILL NAGS STATE - 4/8/90

ATTORNEYS SKETCH DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF FRANCKE DEATH - 6/26/91

AUTOPSY SHOWS POWERFUL STAB WOUND KILLED FRANCKE - 4/12/90

BINGTA FRANCKE BUILDS NEW LIFE - 7/17/89

BLOOD EXPLAINS DEATH SCENARIO - 5/8/91

BROTHER OF MURDERED FRANCKE INTERVIEWS INMATE AT PRISON - 9/9/89

BROTHER RELENTLESSLY SEEKS FRANCKE CONSPIRACY - 11/21/90

CONFIDENTIAL COPY OF AUTOPSY REPORT ON FRANCKE DEATH
RELEASED TO FAMILY - 1/19/90

CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR SLAIN - 1/19/89

CRIMINOLOGIST DETAILS FRANCKE DEATH SCENE - 5/4/91

DEFENSE CLAIMS EVIDENCE TRAMPLED - 5/3/91

DEFENSE LAWYERS IN FRANCKE CASE SUSPECT LINK WITH ANOTHER
SLAYING - 8/29/90

DEFENSE NEAR TO RESTING CASE IN GABLE TRIAL - 6/19/91

DETECTIVES FAIL TO LINK DEAD MAN IN FRANCKE CASE - 9/6/90

DRUG DEALER IS CONVICTED OF MURDERING FRANCKE - 6/29/91

EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST HE SAID - 4/11/90

FACTS DISPUTE FRANCKE CONSPIRACY - 5/22/05

FELON DENIES LINK TO SLAYING OF OREGON PRISONS CHIEF - 2/12/90

FRANCKES BROTHER CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF CORRECTIONS
DEPARTMENT - 8/11/89

FRANCKES CAR NEW CAUSE FOR ALARM - 3 /23 /90

FRANCKES DEPUTY TELLS OF PRESSURES - 5 /14 /91

FRANCKE BROTHERS KEEP PRESSURE ON - 4 /17 /89

FRANCKE BROTHER BEFORE GRAND JURY - 9 /8 /89

FRANCKE BROTHER HOPEFUL OF ARREST - 3 /12 /90

FRANCKE CASE RESULTS IN SEARCH - 9 /23 /89

FRANCKE CASE SEES SOME STRANGE TWISTS - 3 /3 /91

FRANCKE CASE WITNESS CITES FEARS COSTS - 3 /24 /90

FRANCKE FAMILY SUES FOR FULL AUTOPSY REPORT - 8 /8 /89

FRANCKE FAMILY TO SUBPOENA GOVERNOR IN AUTOPSY CASE - 1/6/90

FRANCKE FIGURE FAILS LIE TEST - 8 /7 /90

FRANCKE GETS FOND FAREWELL - 1 /24 /89

FRANCKE GRAND JURY RECONVENING - 3 /3 /90

FRANCKE INVESTIGATORS TAKE HARD LOOK AT FORMER INMATE - 9 /22 /89

FRANCKE JURORS TO PROBE SLAYING - 3 /13 /90

FRANCKE JURY ASKS WHO HAD ALARM - 4 /1 /90

FRANCKE KILLING VORTEX OF A STORM - 1 /14 /90

FRANCKE PROBE LINKED TO DEAL - 1 /29 /90

FRANCKE REMEMBERED AS WHOLEHEARTED CARING
ADMINISTRATOR - 1 /19 /89

FRANCKE SPENDS LITTLE TIME ON SET - 6 /20 /94

FRANCKE TEAM SHOWED EARLIER INTEREST IN GABLE - 11 /3 /89

FRANCKE TESTIMONY GENERATES NEW LEADS - 9 /16 /89

GABLE GUILTY - JURY CONVICTS ON ALL CHARGES - 6 /28 /91

GABLE PROSECUTORS REST CASE - 5 /30 /91

GABLE SAYS HE HAS ALIBI - WONT STATE IT - 2 /14 /90

GABLE TESTS SHOW NATIVIDAD KNIVES HAVE NO LINK TO
FRANCKE KILLING - 5 /1 /91

GRAND JURORS HEAR WIDOW OF FRANCKE - 9 /19 /89

GRAND JURY CHARGES GABLE WITH MURDERING FRANCKE - 4 /10 /90

HOW QUICKLY SOME PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET - 3 /10 /89

JUDGE REFUSES TO LET CONFESSED KILLER TESTIFY - 6 /19 /91

KEVIN FRANCKE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR - 9 /3 /90

KEY FIGURES IN FRANCKE CASE PROFILED - 3 /3 /91

LIE TEST IN FRANCKE CASE STIRS DISPUTE - 9 /30 /89

MARKS ON FRANCKES BODY EXPLAINED AS AFTER DEATH EFFECTS - 5 /25 /90

MEDIA COVERAGE OF GABLE MURDER TRIAL FULL OF RUMOR
CONSPIRACY AND SPECULATION THAT LEFT PUBLIC SURPRISED - 7 /21 /91

MICHAEL FRANCKE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS LATER - 6 /4 /93

MICHAEL FRANCKE ONE YEAR LATER - 1 /12 /90

MORTALLY WOUNDED FRANCKE LIVED ONLY MINUTES AFTER
ATTACK - 1 /22 /89

NEW INFORMATION DUE IN FRANCKE CASE - 8 /31 /89

PENN SAYS FRANCKE CASE ARREST NOT IN SIGHT - 1 /5 /90

POLICE WANT TO QUIZ 3 ON FRANCKE - 9 /1 /89

PROSECUTION ADDS TWO MORE WITNESSES AGAINST GABLE IN
FRANCKE MURDER CASE - 4 /13 /90

PROSECUTORS GIVE GLIMPSE OF CASE AGAINST GABLE - 8 /29 /90

PROSECUTORS THINK GLITCHES LED FRANCKE TO TURN OFF CAR
ALARM - 5 /9 /91

SCENES OF THE CRIME - 6 /20 /94

SLAIN PRISON DIRECTOR HAD BEEN THREATENED - 1 /19 /89

STATE DETAILS GABLE CASE - 5 /2 /91

S LAYING OF R EFORMIST O REGON P RISON C HIEF R AISES
Q UESTIONS O F R EVENGE C ONSPIRACY - 8 /13 /89

THEORIES IN FRANCKE KILLING FADE AWAY - 6 /28 /91

THE NIGHT MICHAEL FRANCKE DIED - 5 /22 /05

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES AIRS FRANCKE CASE 2 WEEKS
BEFORE TRIAL - 2 /22 /91

WITNESS RECALLS GABLE TOLD OF STABBING - 5 /23 /9 1

WITNESS RECANTS STORY RECEIVES - $1000 - 6 /1 5 /2005

WITNESS SAYS HE SAW GABLE KILL FRANCKE - 5 /24 /91

WITNESS TELLS JURY SHE LIED ABOUT ATTACK ON FRANCKE - 6 /14 /91

WITNESS TELLS OF GABLE ADMISSION - 5 /22 /91

WOMAN TIES GABLE TO FRANCKE SLAYING - 9 /22 /90

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND FRANCKE SAID - 2 /17 /89