Sort article in mid-Missouri newspaper, issue 5 Dec 1973: "Meta Man Found Shot" "The Body of Raymond Earl Breece, 74, who lived alone on a farm about seven miles west of Vienna was found Saturday in a field about 200 yards from his home. The body was discovered by a neighbor who was hunting on the farm. The highway patrol said Breece died of a gunshot wound in the left side and had been dead two or three days. The patrol was investigating and the Maries County sheriff said other circumstances of the death were not immediately known. Carl Birmingham, Maries County coroner, said an inquest will depend on results of the patrol investigation."