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Bruce O’Dell was a Mormon church member who allegedly perpetrated a sex crime in 1997 in Show Low, AZ.
A source who was in O’Dell’s LDS ward in the 1990s told FLOODLIT that O’Dell was a bishop in Show Low, Arizona.
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Doctor's license may be suspended
Publisher: Tucson Citizen (Arizona)
Date: 3 Feb 2000
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Source type: News article[NOTE: formatting/content is copy/pasted from an OCR version and may contain errors. Original source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/580156411/]
The Arizona Board of Medical Examiners is considering summary suspension of a missing Mesa dermatologist's license
Dr Bruce O'Dell, indicted last year on 48 felony counts of sexual assault and four of child molestation accusing him of years of abuse of a Show Low minor has been missing since leaving a 'Suicide note with his i mother Jan 3
He had been arrested in Safford over the New Year's weekend but posted bond
has complaints pending before the board including one filed in response to his alleged criminal actions also allegedly failed to undergo a psychosexual evaluation ordered in 1998 when he was given a non-disciplinary advisory letter for inappropriate record-keeping and dispensing of medications to patients without adequate medical records and his family had moved from Show Low back to his native Mesa before the indictment A new warrant for his arrest was issued when 48 failed to appear for arraignment Jan 10 in Navajo County Superior Court Law enforcement authorities believe he fled the country BOMEX spokesman Fete Wertheim said that despite his disappearance the regulatory board will consider a summary suspension of medical license tomorrow and may refer his case to a formal hearing.
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