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ALLEGED STATE-LINE MURDERER DENIED BOND, VIOLENT HISTORY REVEALED

(Eaton, OH)--The man who admitted to police that he killed a woman at a state line truck stop on U.S. 40 last week went before a Preble County judge Wednesday.  LaDavid Shaw asked the judge to reduce his bond.  The judge refused, calling Shaw a flight risk.  Deputies say Shaw admitted to strangling the victim because she "would not shut up" and then crashing his semi on the Indiana side of the line in an attempt to cover up her death.  Wednesday, Preble County Prosecutor Eric Marit told the judge that Shaw has a violent criminal history.  "It's not his first time.  He's been charged with capital murder and convicted of manslaughter.  Shaw served 20 years in prison in Mississippi for that crime.  He is still being held in the Preble County Jail on a million-dollar bond.