{Benton, Kentucky}...Jerry Walker Jr., a man acquitted in a fatal Murray State University dormitory fire, is due in court Monday after being indicted on evidence tampering charges. Prosecutors believe Walker anonymously wrote six letters after the September 18, 1998, fire that killed Michael Minger of Niceville, Florida and injured several others. The letters were evidence in a trial last month in which a jury found Walker not guilty of arson, manslaughter, assault and wanton endangerment. Authorities began investigating Walker after he claimed he found a letter that blamed someone else for the fire. Commonwealth's Attorney Mark Blankenship says that while the tampering charge usually involves destroying or altering evidence, it also covers fabricating evidence.
