Gregory Webb

Infobox Serial Killer
name=Gregory J. Webb


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caption=Ex-Police Chief Gregory J. Webb [ [http://dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/InmateDisplayServlet?DcsId=45551 Inmate information, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services] , Nebraska Department of Correctional Services]
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birth=July 23, 1950
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victims=1
country=USA
states=Nebraska
beginyear=1986
endyear=1986
apprehended=1993
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Gregory J. Webb (also known as Greg Webb) is a former police chief of Lyons, Nebraska, who was convicted of killing his neighbor, Anna Anton. He pleaded no contest after being arrested in Holy Hill, Florida, to manslaughter and tampering with evidence. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77843403.html?dids=77843403:77843403&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+4%2C+1994&author=&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=A.10&desc=EX-POLICE+CHIEF+CONVICTED+OF+KILLING+HIS+NEIGHBOR Ex-police chief convicted of killing his neighbor] , Orlando Sentinel, March 4, 1994] He was wanted by the FBI and was captured thanks to the help of a viewer tip after his case aired on the popular television program, Unsolved Mysteries. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24636400.html?dids=24636400:24636400&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+19%2C+1987&author=Rogers+Worthington%2C+Chicago+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=NEBRASKA+POLICE+CHIEF+HUNTED+IN+KILLING Nebraska police chief hunted in killing] , Chicago Tribune, January 19, 1987]

Webb was arrested in Florida on a murder warrant in the December 1986 shooting death of his girlfriend, Anna Anton. He was recognized by a friend who was watching the NBC program Unsolved Mysteries. Anton, 34, disappeared December 15, 1986, and her body was found 12 days later 20 miles north of Lyons. She had been shot three times. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24373383.html?dids=24373383:24373383&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28%2C+1993&author=ASSOCIATED+PRESS&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=14&desc=Ex-sheriff%27s+arrest+resurrects+a+town%27s+big+mystery Ex-sheriff's arrest resurrects a town's big mystery] , AUTHOR: Associated Press, appeared in the Chicago Tribune, February 28, 1993]

In addition to national exposure for years on Unsolved Mysteries, there were also feature articles by the Associated Press, the Chicago Tribune, the then Cincinnati Post [Mystery surrounds fugitive chief, Cincinnati Post, February 27, 1993] , and Orlando Sentinel, among others.

Anton lived below Webb's apartment. Several weeks before she disappeared, she gave Shirley Edgecomb, her closest neighbor in Lyons, an envelope containing the name of a woman friend in Iowa to contact ``in case anything happens to me,`` Edgecomb said Anton told her.

Webb was released from prison on August 22, 2002. The duplex, where Anton lived in the lower apartment and Webb in the upper, was demolished in 2008.

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