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Shooter in execution-style slaying could be granted parole
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A Ceres man who was convicted in a 1986 murder of two brothers over stolen property was found suitable for parole during a State Parole Board hearing, despite the objections of the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office. Christopher Scott Towler, 61, was found suitable for parole at the Oct. 10 hearing, however, his case will still have to be reviewed by parole officials and signed off by the Governor’s Office, which can decide to overturn, modify or grant the parole. Towler was convicted in 1987 of two counts of second degree murder with a firearm for the deaths of Joe Flores, 29, of Turlock and Gilbert Flores, 27, of Modesto.