-Caveat Lector- > FBI believes remains are missing atheist leader, family members > > By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press > > CAMP WOOD, Texas (January 28, 2001 6:36 p.m. EST > http://www.nandotimes.com > <a href="http://www.nandotimes.com"> > http://www.nandotimes.com</A>) - Investigators unearthed a metal > artificial hip and three skulls at a ranch Sunday, and strongly > believe they have found the grave of atheist leader Madalyn > Murray O'Hair and two family members. > > Roderick Beverly, special agent in charge of the FBI's San > Antonio office, stopped short of confirming the identity of the > bodies, but he said officials believe the nearly 6-year-old > mystery is over. > > Investigators believe O'Hair, her son Jon Garth Murray and the > granddaughter she had adopted, Robin Murray O'Hair, were killed, > dismembered and dumped on the private, 5,000-acre ranch in 1995. > > > O'Hair had a hip replacement operation several years before her > disappearance. > > "The bones indicate three sets of human remains," Beverly said. > "All appeared to have their legs cut off. The remains and the > ground around the bones were charred, indicating a fire at the > scene. > > "The likelihood of three individuals walking around here, one of > which has a hip replacement, and the trauma and marks we see on > the bones, it's a better than even chance" that the remains > belong to the O'Hair family, he said. > > Beverly said investigators also expect to find partial remains > of Danny Fry, who was a suspect in the family's disappearance. > His body was found in the Dallas area, but the head and hands > had been severed. > > Beverly said they expected to finish digging by dark Sunday. > > Beverly said investigators would try to match the serial number > on the metal hip to O'Hair's medical records. DNA tests and > dental records also will be used to confirm the identities of > the victims. > > David Glassman, a forensic anthropologist at Southwest Texas > State University, will take the remains to the university for > analysis. Autopsies could take a week to 10 days. > > As law enforcement officers came and went through the ranch gate > Sunday, a man walked down the road pulling an 8-foot wooden > cross. > > "I'm not doing it for her, I'm doing it for her family," said > Bob Hanus, 35, a self-described Christian missionary. "I said, > 'What better place to go and pray.'" > > Investigators got their break in the O'Hair disappearance on the > eve of the trial of David Roland Waters, who faced kidnapping > and extortion charges in the case. Waters made an agreement with > investigators Wednesday that was ordered sealed by a federal > judge in Austin. > > A law enforcement source who spoke to The Associated Press on > condition of anonymity confirmed that Waters was taken to the > ranch Saturday. His two lawyers also were present. > > A hearing is scheduled Monday to hear objections from The > Associated Press on the judge's decision to seal the agreement. > Waters' attorneys had made the request. > > O'Hair, who was 77 and suffered from diabetes and heart disease > when she disappeared, enjoyed calling herself the most hated > woman in America. She was involved in successful court battles > in the 1960s to ban prayer and Bible-reading in public schools. > > O'Hair, Jon Garth Murray and Robin Murray O'Hair left their > Austin home in August 1995 under mysterious circumstances. > Breakfast dishes were still on the table and O'Hair's medication > was left behind. The family's beloved dogs were left at the > house. > > They were later seen in San Antonio but dropped from sight along > with about $500,000 in gold coins from one of O'Hair's atheist > organizations. > > Prosecutors contend the victims were dismembered at a public > storage shed in Austin, placed in 55-gallon drums and dumped on > the ranch property under Waters' directions. He worked as > O'Hair's office manager before being convicted of stealing > $54,000. He is serving 60 years in prison on weapons charges. > > Last August, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks sentenced Gary Paul > Karr, 52, a former jailmate of Waters, to life in prison for > extorting money from the O'Hair family. > > O'Hair's disappearance wasn't reported for a year until her > estranged son, William Murray, told Austin police she was > missing. > > Theories ranged from O'Hair having run off with money from her > atheist organization, United Secularists of America. 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