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Chevie Kehoe, charged in two shootouts with police after the Feb. 15 stop, had the gun parts in the borrowed Chevrolet Suburban he abandoned, according to an affidavit unsealed last week in U.S. District Court in Spokane, Wash.
The document was filed as part of a complaint charging the Kehoes' father, Kirby, with possessing a gun believed stolen from Arkansas gun dealer William Mueller Jr.
The bodies of Mueller, 52, his wife, Nancy, 28, and her daughter, Sarah Powell, 8, were pulled June 28, 1996, from a bayou near Russellville, Ark. They had disappeared in mid-January 1996, when Kirby and Chevie Kehoe were reportedly in Arkansas, according to the affidavit.
Witnesses told investigators that Kirby and Chevie Kehoe knew the Muellers because they shared an interest in firearms
and gun shows, and that "before the murders, there had possibly been a feud" between the Kehoes and Muellers.
One witness, shown a photograph of gun parts found in the Kehoes' Blazer, recognized them "as being in the Muellers' possession just before their disappearance," the affidavit says.
In February 1996, Seattle police arrested a man carrying a concealed .45-caliber Colt pistol registered to William Mueller. The suspect identified a photo of Kirby Kehoe as the seller of the Colt pistol.
Cheyne Kehoe, 21, surrendered to the Stevens County Sheriff's Office in Colville, Wash., on June 15. He reportedly testified before a grand jury in Arkansas last month.
Chevie, 24, was arrested the day after his brother surrendered. He is being held in the Greene County Jail awaiting a Dec. 8 trial in Wilmington.
Cheyne has waived extradition from Spokane to Ohio, according to WHIO-TV. whether he will fight extradition from Spokane to Ohio. Both brothers are charged with attempted murder of a police officer, felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon in connection with the Wilmington shootouts. Their car had been stopped for having expired license plates.