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THE THIRD GRADER IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION by Jeff Crouere July 11, 2003 ...The Governor is trying to inflict damage against Public Service Commissioner Jay Blossman by attacking him on this subject {of the serial killer}, but he didn't figure that the family members of one of the victims of the serial killer would come to Blossman's defense. Pam Kinamore's brother-in-law Ed White criticized Foster for an "inappropriate" and "offensive" web poll question. Lynne Marino, Kinamore's mother, lauded Blossman for the commercial and praised his "guts." She called in to Foster's program yesterday and correctly stated, "We had money to...

<p>BATON ROUGE - Gov. Mike Foster intended to slam Public Service Commissioner Jay Blossman on his radio show Thursday, but a serial killer victim's mom struck back.</p> <p>The issue was Foster's contention that "it is in poor taste" for Blossman, a Republican candidate for governor, to be running an ad critical of state officials for not funding the DNA lab and mandatory testing for felons because such a database might have stopped the South Louisiana serial killer early.</p>

<p>ATLANTA -- The man wanted in the serial killings of five women was arrested in Atlanta on Tuesday, ending a monthslong hunt for a suspect in a case that terrified women across Louisiana.</p> <p>Derrick Todd Lee, 34, was taken into custody about 8:30 p.m. by Atlanta police working with a joint FBI-metropolitan Atlanta task force, FBI spokesman Joe Parris said.</p>

<p>BATON ROUGE - Authorities threw out a nationwide net Monday in their hunt for a man they identified through DNA as the killer of five women in Lafayette and Baton Rouge.</p> <p>An arrest warrant has been issued Monday morning for Derrick Todd Lee of St. Francisville, after authorities confirmed that DNA obtained from him on May 5 positively matched the DNA taken from the body of Carrie Lynn Yoder, the last known victim of a serial killer.</p>