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Woman recants confession for Snow shooting
According to records filed with the Washington County Circuit Clerk's office, Orso admitted to deputies she was responsible for shooting Snow 2-3 times with a 12-gauge shotgun. He was found dead when deputies arrived on the scene. According to an article in the Nov. 24 issue of the Mobile Press-Register, prosecutor Assistant District Attorney Joe Thompson was told by Orso's defense attorney Sammie Joe Laurie that his client did not pull the trigger prior to a preliminary hearing in Chatom, Nov. 21. Thompson said he would have to rework his case in preparation to prove Orso shot Snow. The preliminary hearing was continued to Dec. 19, because of the defendant's claim that someone else was responsible for the killing. Accused kidnapper delays trial A Chatom man scheduled to appear in court for his alleged connection in the kidnapping of a bank vice president's wife, last year, has gotten his trial temporarily delayed. District Attorney Spencer Walker said the trial of William Evan Deese, 35, of Chatom was scheduled to begin Nov. 14, but just a few days before the court date he checked himself into a Mobile hospital's psychiatric unit. Deese faces burglary and kidnapping conspiracy charges following the May 3, 2005 kidnapping of Virginia Beech of Frankville. She is the wife of now retired SouthWest Bank vice president Ted Beech. Deese is accused of helping Metairie, La. resident Michael Duncanson orchestrate Beech's kidnapping for ransom. He demanded $400,000 for her release, but when the plot was foiled, he put her out on a dirt road near Tibbie and fled. Duncanson was later arrested in Louisiana and extradited back to Washington County. Investigation into the matter revealed Deese, who knew the Beeches, had worked with Duncanson two years prior to the kidnapping. Phone records from the time of the incident pointed to his involvement. According to court records, in a plea agreement signed by Duncanson, should he cooperate in the case against Deese, he will receive 22 years with jail credit for time already served.
Walker said Deese's trial will more than likely be rescheduled for an upcoming criminal jury term in the near future.
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