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Two men have pleaded not guilty to shooting an Olean man and dumping his body off the Route 16 overlook. 28-year-old Gary Maull and 53-year-old Thomas Turtle Hall are charged with first degree murder in connection to the death of Otis Lamont Parks, who body was found August 8 on an embankment at the overlook. Parks, who was also known as Lamont Clemens, was executed, according to Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb. Maull and Hall are jailed without bail. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

The death of a man found on the Scenic Overlook of Route 16 has been ruled homicide. Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s deputies say 54-year-old Otis Lamont Parks, also known as Lamont Clemons of Olean, died of a gunshot wound. They say a Pennsylvania couple found the dead black man at about 9 o'clock Thursday morning. The investigation into the death is continuing and sheriff’s deputies say they will not release any further details at this time. Anyone with pertinent information is asked to contact the sheriff’s department. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947