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1. 1. Barton case topic of town

   www.enquirer.com/editions/2004 - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/25/2004   Last Visited: 1/25/2004

   Vicki Barton

2. 2. Barton case topic of town

   www.enquirer.com/editions/2004 - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/25/2004   Last Visited: 1/25/2004

   Vickie Barton
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   SPRINGBORO - Just days after Vickie Barton was laid to rest, Mike Schuster ran into her husband, police Lt.
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   Many recent transplants have never heard of Barton or his wife's unsolved killing in their Franklin Township farmhouse.
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   After being told Barton had been suspended amid allegations he had wiped the crime scene clean and was withholding information, Lenzo's eyes widened.
   
   "My first question is: Where did the cover-up start?" she said.
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   One key: forensic enhancement of Barton's tape-recorded 911 call blocked out background noise and made some words clearer; investigators now believe Barton uttered Phelps' name - an allegation that his lawyer denies.
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   Acquainted with Barton for 15 of his 25 years on the Springboro force, Thompson described him as polite, conscientious, hard-working and well-respected.
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   During the past nine years, Thompson would periodically hear residents ask: "Did that Barton case ever get solved?"
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   For the investigation to connect Barton to possible wrongdoing "certainly was not the path we thought the cold case investigation would take," she said.
   
   "I get the sense that the residents and the community aren't ready to make any snap decisions; they know the investigation isn't over," she said.