{"id":3109,"date":"2001-07-23T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2001-07-23T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:20:14","slug":"police-give-polygraph-tests-to-family-members-of-slain-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/07\/23\/police-give-polygraph-tests-to-family-members-of-slain-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Police Give Polygraph Tests to Family Members of Slain Couple&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Waco Tribune-Herald<\/em> staff writer Tommy Witherspoon reports. Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Waco police have asked family members of Orville and Ruby Loving to take polygraph tests as the investigation into the deaths of the elderly couple continues.<\/p><p>While some polygraph tests have been administered, Waco police report that arrests in the May 12 slaying of the Lovings at their home at 3424 Forrester Lane are not imminent.<\/p><p>Waco police Sgt. J.R. Price declined to say who has taken the lie-detector tests. However, sources familiar with the investigation said that several family members of the slain couple have taken the tests, while one member reportedly has refused to take one.<\/p><p>&#8220;The polygraph tests are an investigative step,&#8221; Price said. &#8220;We are at the stage now where we have to eliminate people whose names have been given us through our investigation. 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