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The FBI and Henry County authorities are making another appeal to the public as the seven year anniversary of the Short family murders draws near this August.....Investigators want information regarding the identities and locations of people who worked for Michael Short at MS Mobile Home Movers on a weekly or day-to-day basis, including migrant workers.

The FBI says an unidentified man was seen in the vehicle along a highway near the victims' home during the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2002. The bodies of Michael and Mary Short were found in their home later that day, and 9-year-old Jennifer was missing. Her body was found about six weeks later.

Michael and Mary Short were found dead in their Henry County home on August 15, 2002. Jennifer's remains were found six weeks later under a bridge across the border in North Carolina. All three were shot once in the head. >>>>> THIS IS AN UNSOLVED CRIME IN MY AREA - CAN ANYONE HELP WITH INFORMATION OUT THERE? <<<<<< If you have any information about this case, contact the FBI Tip Line at 1-800-225-5324 or your local FBI office.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Henry County Sheriff Frank Cassell and 12 of his employees have been indicted on federalcharges in an alleged drug-related racketeering conspiracy. A U-S Postal Service employee, a probation officer and five citizens were also charged in the 34-count indictment, which wasunsealed today. Charges in the indictment -- which was handed down on Tuesday --include racketeering, narcotics distribution, obstruction ofjustice and perjury. A spokesman for the U-S Marshal's Service in Roanoke says federal agents arrested most of the defendants early this morning. The indictment alleges that beginning in 1998, drugs seized bythe sheriff's office were sold to...