ANOTHER SNIPER?

We may have another serial sniper on our hands, this time in West Virginia:

Gary Carrier, 44, of South Charleston, was killed Aug. 10 while making a telephone call outside a Charleston convenience store.

Four days later, Jeanie Patton, 31, and Okey Meadows, 26, both of Campbells Creek, W. Va., were killed within 90 minutes of each other at rural convenience stores about 16 kilometres apart and about 30 kilometres east of Charleston.

Police confirmed today that all three were killed with the same gun, and have released a sketch that shows a heavy-set white man with sideburns and a goatee.

MORE: A long-time JYB reader offers the following clue. The description--heavy-set white man with sideburns and a goatee--probably covers three-fourths of all men living West Virginia. But take a look at the sketch (linked above). No mullet. The shooter must be from out of state. Marylander or Pennsylvanian, most likely.