2 Howell County murder suspects in court
23.05.12
A man and woman who have accused each other of killing a Caulfield business owner on Jan. 2 attended back-to-back Howell County Circuit Court preliminary hearings on Feb. 10 in West Plains, with both cases being postponed.
With chains around her wrists, waist and ankles, Elisabeth E. Gunter, 44, appeared first at the 3 p.m. hearing before Associate Circuit Court Judge Don Henry with her attorney, public defender Steven Lynxwiler of Doniphan.
During interviews with investigators, Gunter and her boyfriend, Dennis Ray Woodward, 46, both of Norwood, accused each other of stabbing Joy Dishneau, 63, in the neck at Dishneau's home-based business, Naturally Enchanted.
Both admitted going to Dishneau's Highway 160 home to rob her.
Crying softly, Gunter sat in the first row of jurors' chairs when about 10 visitors filed into the courtroom.
From the middle of the courtroom, Gunter's daughter called to her, "It's going to be all right, Mama."
Gunter looked over at her daughter, but
Source: The News