Louisiana grand jury to hear details in Klan killing

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BY RANDY ELLIS
Published: November 16, 2008

Formal charges aren’t expected until early next year in the alleged murder of a Tulsa woman during a Ku Klux Klan initiation in Louisiana.

Authorities in Louisiana said Friday a grand jury will hear evidence in the slaying case.

Under Louisiana law, a grand jury must investigate cases dealing with capital murder and cases in which the possible punishment is death or life imprisonment.

Raymond "Chuck” Foster, leader of a Bogalusa, La., chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, is jailed on a complaint of second-degree murder in connection with the Nov. 9 death of Cynthia Charlotte Lynch, 43, of Tulsa ...

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