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2006-09-24, 15:59

Cool, retired, mountain-biking prof missing, probably killed by ex-con handyman.

What a sad story.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...=la-home-local

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Prof's Disappearance Unsettles a Community

John Finley Scott, 72, who taught sociology at UC Davis and helped make the town a bastion of bicycling, hasn't been seen since early June.

DAVIS, Calif. — The last time friends saw retired UC Davis sociology professor John Finley Scott was nearly four months ago when the 72-year-old bicycle pioneer and resident contrarian tooled away from a local bistro on his beloved two-wheeler.

Scott fired off a few e-mails over the next few days but then went silent. After friends reported him missing, Yolo County sheriff's deputies went to his rural ranch home, where they found blood in the bedroom and foyer but no sign of a body.

Initial investigation has focused on a handyman with a criminal record whom Scott hired to trim trees on his property.
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