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55 °F Forecast | Road Cams Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People CLASSIFIEDS Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Find a Rental Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Email Story to a Friend March 17, 2004 Repp wants record cleared By SARAH LEMON Mail Tribune Acquitted of his wife’s murder, Gary Marvin Repp Jr. is picking up the threads of his life. A captain in the Oregon Army National Guard, Repp informed local Guard officials Monday that he would continue his service, said Maj. Chet Cary. While the Ashland Guard battalion has no scheduled deployments, Repp likely will drill on weekends with fellow Guard members, Cary said. Volunteers from the Ashland Guard unit, who have been training since October in Texas and Louisiana, are scheduled to go to Iraq soon, but Repp is not among them. Repp, found not guilty March 1, could not be reached Tuesday for comment. Repp, 35, always maintained his officer status even while incarcerated for a year and 10 months on a charge of murdering his 29-year-old wife, Kerry Michele Repp. However, Repp wasn’t paid and couldn’t earn points toward his military retirement, Cary said. He also couldn’t work toward promotion to major and now only has about two years to accomplish that task, which usually takes five years, Cary said. After a 14-day trial and more than four days of deliberations, a Jackson County Circuit Court jury on March 1 said Repp was not guilty of the crime. Kerry Repp — pregnant with another man’s child — was found shot to death in the couple’s Central Point home on May 4, 2002, two days before her husband was scheduled to ship out with his Guard unit on a peacekeeping mission to Egypt’s Sinai region. Advertisement Repp also was training as an Oregon State Police trooper at the time of his arrest, but was dismissed from employment with the agency. He has no grounds for being reinstated because OSP has the right to hire and fire employees without reason within their first year of employment, OSP officials said. Since his acquittal, Repp has filed applications with Jackson County Circuit Court to expunge his arrest from his record. District Attorney Mark Huddleston has the opportunity to oppose the action, but said Tuesday that he would have no legal basis for that. If the motion is granted, Repp’s arrest record would be removed from Oregon’s Law Enforcement Data System, Huddleston said. Local police agencies, however, would not be required to clear their records of the case, Huddleston added. OSP and Medford police officials said those records could still be obtained. Reach reporter Sarah Lemonat 776-4487, or e-mail [email protected] Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2004 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions Website Feedback 3 WEEKS FREE! ADVERTISERS A D V E R T I S E R S RESOURCES Oregon Road Conditions & Cams SPECIAL SECTIONS Auto Finder Job Finder Home Finder Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Tempo Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Since We Asked Food for Thought Wellness Connection Outdoor Journal Moving to Southern Oregon? Volunteer Opportunities Prime Times