The idea for this thread came from a phone call my wife got two months ago. Apparently, there is a convicted murderer on the loose in Alabama who may pose a threat to my wife's safety.
Back in the early 70's, my wife's father was a circuit judge in our home county, and although we didn't have a crime problem, we did have our share of doozies. One of them was called "The Camper Murders." A midwestern family was touring the countryside in their Winnebago-style camper back then, and they stopped near our town to pick up three young hitchhikers. The hitchhikers (two boys and a girl, and all of them long-haired, drugged-out hippie-freak types), decided that their new friends were rich, and decided to kill them. They slaughtered the kid and the wife in the back of the camper, and the husband in the driver's seat. The girl used a pair of scissors to slash the throat of the wife.
They ransacked the camper, and not finding any money at all, abandoned it. The murders took place in our little county, which is where they left the blood-soaked camper and slaughtered bodies. The three kids were quickly caught, and the girl flipped on her accomplices. My wife's father was the presiding judge in the case, and my wife has the actual case file in her file drawer. The two boys were sentenced to life in prison without parole (they're still there), and the girl was given a reduced sentence of 50 years. She apparently got time off for good behavior, because my wife got aphone call from our local sheriff informing her that the "girl" was out of prison. She's never vowed to take revenge, or anything like that, but it is weird to think that the 60-year old woman we bump into in the grocery store might be a former teenaged murderess.
Does your area have any old, heinous crimes to report?
Back in the early 70's, my wife's father was a circuit judge in our home county, and although we didn't have a crime problem, we did have our share of doozies. One of them was called "The Camper Murders." A midwestern family was touring the countryside in their Winnebago-style camper back then, and they stopped near our town to pick up three young hitchhikers. The hitchhikers (two boys and a girl, and all of them long-haired, drugged-out hippie-freak types), decided that their new friends were rich, and decided to kill them. They slaughtered the kid and the wife in the back of the camper, and the husband in the driver's seat. The girl used a pair of scissors to slash the throat of the wife.
They ransacked the camper, and not finding any money at all, abandoned it. The murders took place in our little county, which is where they left the blood-soaked camper and slaughtered bodies. The three kids were quickly caught, and the girl flipped on her accomplices. My wife's father was the presiding judge in the case, and my wife has the actual case file in her file drawer. The two boys were sentenced to life in prison without parole (they're still there), and the girl was given a reduced sentence of 50 years. She apparently got time off for good behavior, because my wife got aphone call from our local sheriff informing her that the "girl" was out of prison. She's never vowed to take revenge, or anything like that, but it is weird to think that the 60-year old woman we bump into in the grocery store might be a former teenaged murderess.
Does your area have any old, heinous crimes to report?


