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Coin Shop murder update in St George, UT
Many of you remember last Thanksgiving (the Tues before) Jordan Allgood was
handcuffed and murdered in his coin store in St George, UT. Last month the family re-opened the shop as a business and to remember Jordan. The shop is now being run by his father-in-law Bob (no coin experience, but a PHD and university administrator), Chris 73 years young and a Morgan dollar nut, and **ME**. The outpouring of support from our small community is amazing (up until last year, something like 1 murder in 50 years). People are bringing great stuff to sell without regard to profit, just so the Allgood family can make some money. Everybody say Jordan was the kindest nicest man they ever met. and they want to help the family. Yesterday a guy comes in with $5,000.00 in face value silver and says "just give me 4x face, I could get more but I want the family to have it". We started going through the first bag today..... Probably 25% of the quarters were from the 30's and 40's, and about 25 Standing Libs. Some of these 1940's were in VF-XF and a couple of AU's. Can't wait to open a bag of halfs! At the end of the month, America's Most Wanted will air a piece on robbery/murder. I post the date when I confirm it (31st??). Our inept "Mayberry" police department really isn't capable of this type of investigation and has given up on it unless somebody walks in and confesses. One thing that just came to light that maybe might ring a bell with someone... About 2 days before the murder Jordan had some rare AU- Crisp BU large size currency and about $500 worth of WL half's (all grades), these were missing. If anybody recalls this type of stuff showing up suddenly in Nevada or California about that time, maybe it has something to do with the robbery. Wes --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.714 / Virus Database: 470 - Release Date: 7/2/2004 |
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"Wes Chormicle" spoke thusly:
The shop is now being run by his father-in-law Bob (no coin experience, but a PHD and university administrator), Chris 73 years young and a Morgan dollar nut, and **ME**. All the best to you and the other good folks in this endeavor, Wes! I hope that things go well for the business. It sounds like the community is one in which blessings are abounding through the support and encouragement of the inhabitants there. We started going through the first bag today..... Probably 25% of the quarters were from the 30's and 40's, and about 25 Standing Libs. Some of these 1940's were in VF-XF and a couple of AU's. Can't wait to open a bag of halfs! That does indeed sound like something wonderful to examine closely! Larry |
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I have always thought of St. George and Utah's Dixie as one of the REALLY nice places ... and that nothing like this could ever happen there. Well, that is what almost everyone says when a murder or vicious crime happens in what is considered a "nice" area (i.e. not a big city). A person in a wheelchair was recently murdered here in Michigan in what is considered an upper class suburb with very nice homes. Her body was found dumped along the side of the road. On the local TV news residents of the area are saying "we never thought something like that could happen here". It is practically a cliche response. The point is that horrible crimes can happen anywhere at anytime. |
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