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FIGHT TO KEEP HIS FATHER'S
KILLER.. BEHIND BARS. GOOD
EVENING, I'M MARK ALLAN. AND
I'M KATIE USSIN WE FIRST
BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY NEARLY
DANNY CLARK OF BATH TOWNSHIP
WAS MURDERED WHILE TRYING TO
PROTECT TWO YOUNG GIRLS
BEING BEATEN BY THIS MAN.
MARK LEDBETTER. RIGHT NOW,
LEDBETTER IS SERVING A
SENTENCE OF 15 TO LIFE FOR
CLARK'S DEATH, BUT IS UP FOR
PAROLE IN JANUARY. ALEXA
ASHWELL SPOKE WITH THE
VICTIM'S SON AND HAS HIS FIGHT
FOR JUSTICE IN TONIGHT'S TOP
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DANNY CLARK JUNIOR WAS 10-
YEARS-OLD WHEN HIS FATHER WAS
STABBED TO DEATH. NOW HE IS
FACED WITH THE REALITY THAT
HIS FATHER'S KILLER COULD BE
BACK ON THE STREETS IN THE
NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. HE IS
DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER
TO FIGHT THIS. INCLUDING
ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.
"FIND THE DEFENDANT, MARK
LEDBETTER, GUILTY (GASPS)."
IN 1993 ... SITTING IN COURT
WITH HIS FAMILY ... AS HE
LEARNS THE FATE OF THE MAN WHO
STABBED HIS FATHER TO DEATH.
MARK LEDBETTER. LEDBETTER
HAS SPENT NEARLY 20 YEARS IN
PRISION FOR KILLING 42-YEAR-
OLD DANNY CLARK ... BUT SOON
MAY BE A FREE MAN IF GRANTED
PAROLE IN JANUARY.
SOMETHING CLARK JUNIOR ... WHO
IS NOW 30 AND A FATHER HIMSELF
.... SAYS HE CAN'T LET HAPPEN.
1:19 "THE FIRST THING I
THOUGHT ABOUT WAS FIGHT IT."
1:20 02:32 "WE ARE TRYING TO
GET EVERYONE WE CAN. FRIENDS,
FAMILY, HELP FROM THE PUBLIC
TO TRY AND GET EVERYONE TO
WRITE LETTERS TO THE PAROLE
BOARD. WE SHOULD HAVE A
PETITION ONLINE THIS WEEK."
02:40 CLARK JUNIOR SAYS HE
BELIEVES LEDBETTER SHOULDN'T
BE ALLOWED TO WALK THE STREETS
NOT ONLY BECAUSE HIS FATHER
CAN'T .... .... BUT ALSO
BECAUSE HE BELIEVES LEDBETTER
IS STILL DANGEROUS. IN MARCH
1993 ... THE GIRL IN THE
MIDDLE RAN TO CLARK FOR HELP
AT HUBER TRAILER PARK. SHE
CLAIMED LEDBETTER,THEIR
MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND, WAS
BEATING HER AND ANOTHER LITTLE
GIRL. CLARK STEPPED IN.
03:25 "YEAH, HE WAS REAL KIND
TO US. HE LOVED US. HE LOVED
US AND WE LOVED HIM." :31 IT
COST HIM HIS LIFE, BUT LABELED
HIM A HERO. 04:04 "IT
DOESN'T SURPRISE ME HE DID IT
AT ALL. HE WAS A GREAT MAN.
HE WAS FUNNY. LOVED TO FISH.
04:11 THIS FISHING TRIP IS
ONE OF THE FEW MEMORIES CLARK
JUNIOR SAYS HE HAS OF HIS DAD.
STILL SUFFFERING FROM HAVING
TO GROW UP WITHOUT HIS FATHER.
EVERYTHING. MY KIDS NEVER GOT
TO MEET THEIR GRANDPA. I ONLY
GOT TO SPEND 10 YEARS WITH MY
DAD. 03:40 05:34 "HE TOOK
A HUMAN LIFE. HE TOOK A DAD,
A GRANDPA, A HUSBAND." :36
CLARK JUNIOR IS ASKING YOU
TO WRITE TO THE PAROLE BOARD
AND TELL MEMBERS WHY YOU FEEL
LEDBETTER SHOULD NOT BE
GRANTED PAROLE. WE SHOW YOU
HOW... ON OUR WEBSITE,
WDTN-DOT-COM. YOU CAN FIND
THE STORY ON OUR "NEWS" TAB.
RL AA 2NEWS.