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Extradition Imminent for Champion Poker Player Marcus Bebb-Jones

By Joy Montefusco

Sabrina Bebb-Jones, 31, was reported missing on September 18, 1997 by employees of the Hotel Melrose in Grand Junction, Colorado.  Hotel Melrose was owned by her and her husband, champion poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones, who has been known to win large sums of poker tournament money.  Bebb-Jones apparently told hotel guests and others that he was heading out to Las Vegas to search for his wife, who grew up in that area.  A few days later, he attempted to commit suicide inside a Las Vegas, Nevada hotel room by firing a gun into his mouth.  Amazingly, he escaped serious injury.Responding to police questioning about his wife's disappearance, Bebb-Jones told detectives that his wife walked out with their three-year-old child after an argument...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).