Monday, July 31, 2000
Third arrest in pilot's slaying surprise
By Reid Forgrave
The Cincinnati Enquirer
At Ronald Pryor's apartment in rural Independence, the garbage cans are full, remnants of a busy family of five, but the place is quiet and empty.
Mr. Pryor's wife and children — a 12-year-old stepdaughter, 6-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son — left to stay with relatives after his arrest about 1 a.m. Saturday, neighbors said.
Mr. Pryor remains in the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington, one of three people charged in the July 12 slaying of Delta Air Lines pilot Stephen Craven.
The arrest surprised neighbors like Georgia McBroom, who lives in the same Elmwood Court block of row houses as the Pryor family.
“When they told me he got arrested, I figured he got drunk and a little loud,” said Ms. McBroom. “It doesn't fit.”
Police officials said Sunday that they, too, were surprised to learn a third person may have been involved in what they surmise was a love triangle turned violent.
Police say Mr. Craven's 37-year-old wife, Adele, was having an affair with Rusty McIntire of Erlanger, a 32-year-old baggage handler for Delta.
Both have been charged with murder.
“We didn't know anything about Mr. Pryor until we were investigating Friday night” and conducted extensive interviews with Mr. McIntire, Capt. Ed Butler of the Kenton County Police said Sunday.
Police arrested Mr. Pryor, a 33-year-old employee of Kidd Chrysler in Lawrenceburg, Ind., at his home right after talking with Mr. McIntire, Capt. Butler said.
The connection between the suspects was not clear Sunday, but police said they will release more details this morning,Capt. Butler said. “We're pretty confident we know who the shooter is,” Capt. Butler said.
Ernie Daniel, a retiree who said he often saw the Pryor family from his home nearby, said things have been a bit noisier since the family moved in a year ago. There's a lot of traffic in and out of the house, Mr. Daniel said.
“If there is anything really strange around here, I usually see it,” he said.
Wanda Perkins lives across Clay Street from Mr. McIntire's Erlanger home. She, too, was disturbed by the news of an arrest involving a neighbor.
Mr. McIntire was always working on the house and in the yard during four years there, she said.
“From over here in my window, he looked like a fine husband,” Ms. Perkins said of Mr. McIntire, who has a wife and a young child.
Mr. Craven was found shot to death in his Edgewood home.
Prosecutors now think a second weapon, similar to a crowbar or crescent wrench, was used in the killing.
Mr. Craven's wife was arrested July 21 and charged with murder.
Mr. Pryor and Mr. McIntire were to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. today by Kenton District Judge Ann Ruttle.
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