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Murder fugitive found by dentist after 40 years

Mugshot of Frank Dryman in 1951 (left/Photo courtesy of Montana Department of Corrections). He was tracked down by the grandson of his victim, Dr Clem C. Pellett, who is working as a dental surgeon near Seattle. (right/Photo courtesy of The Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bellevue, USA)

Daniel Zimmermann, DTI

Fri. 26 March 2010

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NEW YORK, USA/LEIPZIG, Germany: An oral surgeon from Bellevue, WA, USA, has been helping authorities to identify a fugitive who murdered his grandfather almost 60 years ago. Dr Clem C. Pellett, who is currently listed as one of the top dentists in oral and maxillofacial surgery in the Puget Sound area near Seattle, tracked down 78-year-old Frank Dryman in Arizona with the help of private detectives.

Dryman was immediately arrested and is expected to return to Montana State Prison where he had served 15 years for killing Shelby-resident Clarence Pellett back in 1951. He had been out on parole for three years before he disappeared in 1969.

Local authorities told local news station Channel 5 that he was found in Arizona City on Tuesday where he ran a wedding chapel and went by the alias of Victor Houston.

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