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The open roll is not empty: Lawrence (Larry) Howard Groves, 2003

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Joseph County

The state's own cold-case deck carries a Lakeville homicide the banked build never found — and the empty roll must now be corrected by assembly. The case, at the deck's wording-strength and no stronger: Lawrence (Larry) Howard Groves, age 40. On 28 January 2003 family members reported him missing from his home and not tending to his antique business; his home, in downtown Lakeville, was found locked, and family members had no means of access. In June 2003 family members made entry into the home and found his body in the crawl space, which had been closed with a rug over the opening. The deck profiles the case as an unsolved homicide for St. Joseph County and routes information to the #80 T.I.P.S. Hotline and the Indiana State Police hotline. No suspect is named in the deck entry reached, and none is named here; no cause of death beyond the homicide classification is stated in the entry reached, and none is added.

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Source: The open roll is not empty: Lawrence (Larry) Howard Groves, 2003, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/lakeville/cold-cases/open-roll-is-not-empty-lawrence-larry-howard-groves/