Killing of Missionary in Ivory Coast Investigated
From Times Staff Reports
United States embassy officials and Ivory Coast authorities are investigating the killing of a Santa Monica missionary earlier this month in that west African nation.
Adele Atchley, 65, was killed Aug. 3 in her apartment in the town of Yamoussoukro during an apparent robbery attempt, said Dale Bills, a spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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