A man charged in connection with killing the Paxton police chief during a chase through the snow in 1994 has been denied parole again.
On Feb. 1, 1994, 23-year-old Jamie Richards was breaking into homes with Michael Souza, 26, and Kenneth Padgett when their stolen minivan got stuck in a snowbank. Souza carjacked a Department of Public Works truck at gunpoint, and the three men drove off.
But the Department of Public Works truck also got stuck in a snowbank. Paxton Police Chief Robert Mortell drove to the area, saw the three men, and chased them into the woods near Route 31 in Holden…