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Man confesses to local murder
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Chris Bean
confessed to
Dec. 12
murder in
Homosassa.
Killed his room
during argun
AMY SHANNOI
ashannon@chronicleonl
Chronicle
A 26-year-old Homosassa m
to detectives Friday to hammer
out of his 68-year-old room
apartment the night of Dec. 12, 2004.
imate Detectives arrested Christopher William
Bean on a first-degree capital murder
ient charge Monday morning at the county
detention facility, where he was serving
time for unrelated burglary charges.
4 On Dec. 14, two community service offi-
ine.com cers found the body of Betty Diane Gallo in
the bathtub of her Homosassa Commons
apartment Officials pronounced her dead
an confessed at 9:47 a.m.
ering the life Gallo's body was taken to the Medical
nate at their Examiner's Office in Leesburg for an
autopsy, which showed the woman died as a
result of multiple stab wounds and blunt
force trauma to her head, according to the
arrest report.
Detectives spoke with Bean throughout
their ongoing investigation to determine a
suspect or suspects in the case.
On Thursday, Bean made a request
through his mother to speak with detectives
about the murder, according to the report.
"I wanted to get it off my chest," Bean said
in a jailhouse interview with a reporter
Monday afternoon. "I called my mom and
said I was thinking about killing myself."
On Friday, detectives transported Bean to
the Citrus County Operations Center for a
taped video interview, according to the
report
During the interview, Bean told detec-
tives he used a hammer and a knife to kill
Gallo after an argument, according to the
report
He also said he knew Gallo was dead and
that everyone would know he killed her
Please see MURDER/Page 4A
Brown-Waite:
Social Security
not going away
Sheriff discusses torture case
Bit
John aF
Dollar cla
For the latest on the
Dollar case, see -
PAGE 12A
Ho;*f cime
puts county
in national
spotlight
AMY SHANNON
ashannon@
chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
From. Studio 1A in
Rockefeller Plaza to sheriff's
-headquarters in downtown
TrInverness, a familiar face
graced NBC's "'Today" show
Monday morning.
Co-host Lester Holt inter-
viewed Citrus County Sheriff
Jeff Dawsy in a 75-minute
live broadcast via satellite
about the Pine Ridge couple
accused of torturing and
starving their children.
The high-profile case has
brought national media
attention to the county in
droves, tying up phone lines
and swamping sheriff's offi-
cials.
"We received over 100 calls
just from Friday," said
spokeswoman Gail Tierney
about the calls from news
outlets. 'And that's probably
a conservative guess." '
By 5 a.m., NBC crews had
already parked their satellite
truck in the sheriff's office
parking lot and begun to set
up equipment in the sheriff's
office lobby. MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle
Dawsy took. a seat in front Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy Is pictured on camera during a segment of the "Today" show
on Monday. The show featured an Interview with Dawsy about the recent torture case involving
Please see DAWSY/Page 4A several Citrus County teens and their parents.
back, questioning whether any-
one returned his or her $300
check from the government
last year. In Crystal River, that
response was met by boos.
"I have yet to meet anyone
who sent that check back," she
said. "I took it and I spent it"
Kathleen Smith, 71, a retired
airlines food-service worker,
said later Brown-Waite's
response was off target
"I thought it was a rotten
answer," the Homosassa
woman said. "If the govern-
ment would have asked people
whether they wanted the check
or to save Social Security and
Medicare, they would have
said keep the check"
Paul Gulante, 62, a
retired teacher, sug-
gested the government
is scaring Americans to
save a system that even
its own analysts say is
strong enough to last
for decades.
.-JI "Why is everyone
iny calling this a crisis?
wn- This isn't a crisis," he
Aite said.
;ht to Bro w n Waite
sure responded that it's bet-
'ous ter to begin the fix now
uents. than to put it off.
"I don't think there's
a person in this room who
wants to shortchange their
children or their grandchil-
dren," she said.
Gulante, of Crystal River,
later said he thinks investing
Social Security money is
wrong.
"I don't know why anyone
would want to give up guaran-
teed benefits for a gamble," he
said. "The only people who
will benefit are the stockbro-
kers."
Not all questions were about
Social Security. Someone in
Crystal River asked Brown-
Waite's opinion to a recom-
mendation by the Food and
Drug Administration that sexu-
al-enhancement drug Viagra
MIKE WRIGHT
mwright@
chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-
Waite on Monday sought to
calm retirees whose nerves are
frazzled by President Bush's
plan to overhaul Social
Security.
At jam-packed town hall
meetings in Crystal River and
Inverness, Brown-Waite
assured residents she will do
nothing to harm Social
Security benefits.
More than 250,000 Social
Security recipients live in
Brown-Waite's Fifth
Congressional District,
which includes Citrus
County the most of
any congressional dis-
trict in the U.S.
As for Bush's plan,
which would allow the
government to invest
Social Security funds
in the stock market, Gin
Brown-Waite said she Bro
neither supports nor Wa
opposes the plan soug
because it's nothing reas
more than words. nerve
"I'm surprised there constit
are so many people out
there saying this is the best
thing since sliced bread, when
there are no details out there,"
she said.
It's those details, Brown-
Waite acknowledged, that have
seniors and near-retirees on
edge.
"Social Security has finan-
cial problems and Social
Security needs to be fixed," she
said.
The Crystal River,
Republican and her two audi-
ences did differ on one issue:
tax cuts.
At both meetings, residents
chided Bush and the
Republican Congress for issu-
ing tax cuts while Social
Security and Medicare costs
continue to rise.
Brown-Waite answered right
Second department head resigns Board: More information, please
City has three
posts empty
JIM HUNTER
jhunter@chronicionline.com
Chronicle
A second senior administra-
tor in as many weeks has
resigned in Crystal River in the
aftermath of the vote to fire the
city manager two weeks ago.
Finance Director Donna
Kilbury gave her notice
Monday. Her last day will be
Feb. 18. She has served in the.
position since
October 2000.
She gave no
official reason
for resigning
and had no
comment other
than, "I care
about the city Susan
and I wish it Boyer
the best," City manager
She follows under fire.
the resignation.
of Development Services-City
Planner Nancy Smith, whose
last day will be Feb. 11.
The resignation, plus an
already existing opening for
Public Works Director, leaves
the city without two of three
key administrators under the
city manager. There had been a
final candidate for the Public
Works position, but City
Manager Susan Boyer said he
withdrew after the 3-2 vote to
fire her on Jan. 24.
The city has five senior staff
positions and three depart-
ment heads under the city
manager. Senior staff includes
the city planner, the building
official, city clerk, assistant
public works director, and
assistant to the finance direc-
tor. The three department
Please see RESIGNS/Page 5A
Water conservation
efforts disappointing
TERRY WITT
terrywitt@chronicleonline.com
Chronicle
Customers of Rolling Oaks Utilities in Beverly
Hills are using more water than they should, but
a local regulatory board doesn't want to punish
the big users yet
The Citrus County Water and Wastewater
Authority on Monday postponed action until it
receives more information about why water
conservation measures don't seem to be work-
ing in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills has tried for years to reduce its
water consumption, but the amount of water
consumed in 2004 was 18 percent higher than
2003. Rolling Oaks is under orders to reduce
daily water consumption to 150 gallons per per-
son by 2008.
The authority could have imposed an invert-
ed rate requiring high-end users to pay penalty
rates. The higher prices are intended to encour-
age lower consumption.
But board members wanted more accurate
information on the number of people per house-
hold living in Beverly Hills, which they believe
could affect water consumption numbers, and
they wanted an analysis, if possible, on how
lawn watering by the biggest users in Beverly
Hills may have influenced water consumption
Please see BOARD/Page 5A
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Healing a wounded relationship
When a soldier comes-home from Iraq
paralyzed, it strains a marriage./1C
Notes about
the votes
The students
at Citrus High
School had
some
suggestions
for Supervisor
of Elections
Susan Gill at a
recent talk
about
voting./3A
5A-
Bush budget
cuts deep
Despite deep
cuts in more
than 100 pro-
grams, the
$2.57 trillion
proposed fed-
eral budget
worsens the
nation's
deficit./12A
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Peace In the
Middle East?
* Israelis, Palestin-
ians to sign
truce./12A
EGitmo detainees
claim they were
abused./12A
*3-car wreck shuts
down traffic on
U.S. 19./3A
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i Inverness residents regis-
tered to vote can cast their
vote today at 7 a.m. to 7
p.m. at First Baptist Church,
123 S. Seminole Ave.,
Inverness.
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