Waddell v. State

KARWACKI, Judge.

Shawana Blackburn was last seen alive in the early evening hours of June 27, 1984. She was found dead in her AMC Concord automobile the following day — the victim of a brutal assault. Blackburn had been a waitress at a bowling alley owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Klein. The Kleins also owned a nearby grocery store in which they employed Donald Waddell, the appellant, as a clerk in the produce section. Blackburn, who knew the appellant from work, had given the appellant a ride in her Concord. Where the two were going is not clear from the record, but apparently the appellant was angry…