[78] Booker was survived by her mother (died in 1977), stepfather, both grandparents, three aunts, and three uncles. Law enforcement was unable to locate Booker's saxophone at the crime scene;[33] the saxophone was eventually discovered around six months later, on October 24, still in its black imitation leather[34] case, in underbrush near where Booker's body had been found. The killer is credited with attacking eight people within ten weeks, five of whom were killed. [75] The next day, he hung out with Booker at her house during the afternoon. The school was located near the scene where Martin's car was found, across the railroad tracks. He was buried in Rondo Memorial Park. He also said that the killer probably is not a veteran, because if he had served in the armed forces for even a year, his maniacal tendencies would be apparent. On Friday, April 12, Martin drove to Texarkana from Kilgore. These gruesome acts took place in the Natural State, and for the most part justice was served. She dropped to her knees but soon managed to get back on her feet. Persons who have information which might furnish a clue to the identity of the slayer or slayers or which might indicate a motive for the crime should not divulge such information on street corners or at cold drink stands but should immediately make it available to the officers. He was in critical condition. She said she had walked into the woods there. He is buried at the far-left side of Hillcrest Cemetery (front row of section H). If the SOB continues to elude capture, he certainly can be called a phantom!". After the murders of Booker and Martin, some officers hid in trees at Spring Lake Park. Beckley sits atop the list of the most dangerous towns in West Virginia. Williamson's incompetence. [41], The Miller County Sheriff's Department was notified just minutes after the alarm reached Hope City Police. He had been contacted by many interested individuals, including television crews, from all over the world, including China, Sweden, and Australia. A friend had stated that Katie and Virgil were two of the best people he had ever known. Griffin had been shot twice while still in the car; both had been shot once in the back of the head, and both were fully clothed. After her death, The Rythmaires never played again. Half shredded Banksy artwork Girl with Balloon is to be auctioned with £6m estimate - SIX TIMES its worth... Princess Charlene of Monaco is 'stable' after she collapsed and was rushed to hospital 'due to complications... Intense, raw, emotional - that's how Susanna Reid describes the day her GMB co-host stormed out. Golden was released on May 25, 2007, also his 21st birthday, after spending nine years in prison. In the Hollis and Larey case, no suspects were apprehended. The wounds which we believed the man received when his body was struck by the train were full of dirt and were jagged."[43]. Tackett chased after him and caught him on the fire escape. In the Starks case, several people found in the vicinity of the crime scene were stopped and questioned. Some youths took matters into their own hands by trying to bait the Phantom, so they could kill him. By Sunday night, more officers were called in to help in the investigation. He then hitchhiked to Los Angeles, feeling like he was running from murder. One of Arkansas' top criminal attorneys, Bill McArthur lived a dream life: wealth, a fast-track career, a beautiful family, and influential friends in the highest circles of Little Rock society--until two men brutally murdered his wife. Lone Wolf explained rather sheepishly that he had been re-enacting the crime and the young lady was taking pictures of him. [24], No extant reports indicate that either Griffin or Moore were examined by a pathologist. Don't be hesitant or fear that you are causing an innocent man embarrassment and trouble in as much all investigation will be confidential. First Arkansas Bank and Trust is partnering with Unity Health, the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville North Pulaski School District and … Richard Griffin was born on August 31, 1916. Polly's body was found fully clothed, sprawled face-down across the back seat of Griffin's car, with a gunshot wound to the back of her head. In the house, investigators found a trail of blood with scattered teeth. Tackett replied, "I'm not going to shoot you for stealing cars." After the second double-murder, a Texas Ranger went to Frederick to question Mary again. Additional items of which sales increased included window sash locks, screen door hooks, night latches, and other protective devices. Gacy was born in Chicago on March 17, 1942. Although the caliber used in the Starks murder was a .22, a .32 was still believed by the majority of lawmen to have been used by the Phantom. Gonzaullas stated that several parts of the man's story had little basis in fact. Haynes said he had contact with Barry Seal (above), a notorious drug dealer in Arkansas, Haynes said he bought his supply from Barry Seal, a Louisiana smuggler for the Medellin Cartel who later operated out of an airport in Mena, Arkansas.Â. Staff | August 25, 2021. After three months without Phantom attacks, the Texas Rangers slowly and quietly left town to keep the Phantom from believing he was safe to strike again. Found insideA collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? Haynes has a history of making far-fetched claims in interviews, including that he believed WWE promoter Vince McMahon fathered the child of a now deceased wrestler, and that Steve Austin is ultimately responsible for the death of wrestling legend 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper. Afterward, she had frequent nightmares about her attacker. "Newspapers Will Tell Public If Killer Is Caught", read one of the sub-headlines of the May 19th edition of the Texarkana Gazette. Meanwhile, on the night of August 22, Kevin and Don were last seen heading into the woods with a flashlight and a .22 rifle to 'spotlight' deer. His funeral was held on the following Monday at 10 a.m. Rector survived the surgery and was put on trial, his defense arguing that Rector was intellectually impaired and not competent to stand trial. The longer you keep them in the state of catalepsy, the deeper they sink into the third state. The coroner maintained the verdict that the man had died of knife wounds. [25] Contemporaneous local rumor had it that a sexual assault had also occurred, but modern reports refute this claim. He was lying face-down beside the tracks with his head pointed north. McSpadden's brother, R. C. McSpadden, contacted an attendant at the Ashdown Funeral Home after hearing about Earl's death over the radio. The Arkansas Store That’s In The Middle Of Nowhere But So Worth The Journey, Few People Know That Arkansas Is The Birthplace Of The Wonder Horse, Splash Around At The Bottom Of The 8th Tallest Waterfall After The 1.5-Mile Hike To Sweden Creek Falls In Arkansas, Don’t Miss The Biggest Arts And Crafts Festival In Arkansas This Year, War Eagle Mill Craft Fair, 15 Movies You Probably Didn’t Know Were Filmed In Arkansas, The Story Of The Serial Killer Who Terrorized This Small Arkansas Town Is Truly Frightening, History Has Forgotten This Bizarre Arkansas Event From 50 Years Ago, Not Many Folks Remember The Dark Tale Of The Arkansas Assassin. Found insideNearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lies in Poona military hospital recovering from a skirmish on the wild northern frontier, with little to do but re-read the tales of his idol, Sherlock Holmes, and browse the daily papers. Homer Carter, the chief of police in Atlanta, told Tackett that a man had tried selling a stolen car to one of his citizens. Larey, native to Oklahoma, died in Billings, Montana of cancer in 1965 at the age of 38. On the night of his attack, he was at the movies on a double date with his brother, Bob, who was also an insurance agent. [35] Rumors circulated throughout the area, with one rumor suggesting a local minister had turned in his own son as a suspect in the Martin-Booker murders. He was a member of the Men's Bible Class at the First United Methodist Church on Fourth Street and State Line Avenue. Any person who drinks whiskey at this time to get drunk and wander about the streets of Texarkana is further complicating the works of the police and is placing himself in grave danger of being shot by people whose nerves are on edge from the recent murders. One Riot, One Texas Ranger. [25], On the evening of Saturday, April 13, Betty Jo Booker, age 15, was playing her alto saxophone in her regular weekly gig with her band, The Rythmaires, at the VFW Club at West Fourth and Oak Street. We must get the right man or no man at all. He soon became one of the leading investigators in the case. [83] Johnson firmly believed the identity of the Phantom was that of the prime suspect, Youell Swinney. Three months after the attack, he stated, "I still get nervous when I think about it. The clothing was sent to the state laboratory in Austin, Texas by Texas city police to determine if the stains were human blood. [14] Both agreed that the assailant was around 6 feet (1.8 m) tall. Tackett then asked the citizen if he would be willing to walk with him into several public places, having had the idea that the suspect would not want to see the citizen and would try to avoid him. She was then picked up by her friend Paul Martin, and was headed to a slumber party. The car Peggy Swinney was arrested for stealing was the one reported missing on the night of the Griffin/Moore murders. The love that a horrific murder couldn't kill but a rift that hasn't healed: Son of Wimbledon Common victim... PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Lotto tragedy and why the real jackpot is family love. Haynes says the politician wanted to make sure nothing was stolen from the drug drop by the state and local law enforcement officials he says were involved. The following day, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. When driving up, officers had to turn on their sirens, stand in their headlights, and announce themselves to keep from being shot by a nervous homeowner. Because of the drop in business, liquor stores began closing at 9:30 p.m., and a statement was posted in the paper saying, "We fully understand the state of mind in which Texarkana is now gripped. ", Jimmy Hollis was a 25-year-old insurance agent at the time of the attack. The Texarkana killings could have been the work of a mental case, and so far as we know, this man could have done it. Linda Ives, Kevin's mother, sat next to Haynes throughout the first videotaped confession, which has not been publicly released in full.Â. A new upstairs, downstairs Victorian murder mystery in the Kat Holloway series from the New York Times bestselling author of Death in Kew Gardens. She was last seen with Griffin on Saturday at 2 p.m. at a West Seventh Street café, and later around 10 p.m. at another café on West Seventh Street, having dinner with Griffin, Griffin's sister Eleanor, and Eleanor's boyfriend. Sheriff Presley and Texas Ranger Captain Manuel Gonzaullas said that examinations of the bodies indicated that they both had put up a terrific struggle. The best hidden gems and little known destinations - straight to your inbox. More than a week after the death of Virgil Starks, police departments on both sides of the city were still being swamped with calls about prowlers and gunshots, ranging from possible to ridiculous, yet officers checked every report. But here ALEX PHILLIPS bravely reveals the torture... Andrew Neil is 'likely to quit' GB News following a rift with the channel's chief executive and other top... BEL MOONEY: Should I leave my family to go back home? Chief Tackett yelled into the house that the place was surrounded and the Phantom might as well give up. Even after all this time, classmates of Booker and Martin do not want to be identified. J. Q. Mahaffey, executive editor of the Texarkana Gazette in 1946, said that Calvin Sutton, the managing editor of the Gazette, had an acute sense for the dramatic in the news, which impelled him to ask if they could not start referring to the unknown murderer as "The Phantom". Texarkana residents can help in this investigation and at the same time, if they are not careful, they can hinder the investigation and cause the officers to spend many hours following blind trails. She was the retired office manager of American Optical and a member of the First United Methodist Church. None of his relatives would claim the body, and he was buried in a pauper's grave. A fearful tavern proprietor shot a customer in search of beer in the foot.[51]. A former professional wrestler has come forward to say he witnessed the unsolved 1987 murder of two teens, implicating local law enforcement and high elected officials in the crime. She said that she had just gotten married in Shreveport, but that her husband was currently in Atlanta, Texas, trying to sell another stolen car. She had worked for the Red River Arsenal (now Red River Army Depot) as a checker since July of that year. "[43], Because citizens were considerably nervous, and armed with guns, Texarkana became a dangerous place. In 1937, several years after the death of her father, her mother, Bessie, married her stepfather, Carl Brown, an employee of the Gifford-Hill Company. You want me for more than stealing cars. The press dispatches of October 1, 1919, heralded the news that another race riot had taken place the night before in Elaine, Ark., and that it was started by Negroes who had killed some white officers in an altercation. Runnels died at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, October 14, 1966 in a local hospital at the age of 69 from a heart attack he had suffered a few hours earlier. When she realized he was dead, she ran to the phone to call the police. He then visited his paramour, but after the plans did not work out, he went home and to bed. Tackett noticed that the citizen had a distinct appearance, which included a cowboy hat and boots, and told the citizen, "You wouldn't recognize him, but he would recognize you."[61]. Every October near Halloween, the movie The Town That Dreaded Sundown, which is loosely based on Texas Ranger Captain M. T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas' investigation into the murders, is the last movie shown to the public during "Movies in the Park" at either Spring Lake Park or at the Southwest Center in Texarkana. Both explained that their reports would reveal information such as thumbprints, rifleman awards, and mental and physical conditions of the registrants. He stated that the murderer was not necessarily a resident of the area, despite his knowledge of it; all the attacks show evidence of deep planning. Known as a progressive farmer, he was also a welder who did work for neighboring farmers. Burnett's teenage daughter Minerva led authorities to find that her parents had planned Selby's murder and her brother John had carried it out. Gonzaullas explained that the machine would aid in the investigation by connecting them with other law enforcement offices in Texas. He is buried near the grave of his police peer, Max Tackett, at the farthest-west side of Rondo Memorial Park (not to be confused with Rondo Cemetery) in Miller County, Arkansas. "[67] Previously, he had gone to the Los Angeles Examiner and told a reporter, "I want to sell you some murder information. "[60] On Friday, May 3, the Gazette reported Gonzaullas' announcement that, "This man has been completely eliminated. Tommy Lynn Sells was a serial killer who claimed responsibility for over 70 murders across the U.S., earning him the nickname "Coast to Coast Killer." Elliott later told Sheriff Presley, "You have the wrong man. Cities across the United States are reporting a spike in gun violence and homicide during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are convinced that thus far the man has told the truth, and if all of his stories are found to be true beyond the shadow of a doubt, we can no longer hold him as a suspect." He is buried in Sparkman/Hillcrest Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas. The height of the town's hysteria snowballed after the murder of Virgil Starks. [43] Guard dogs became a hot commodity in local want-ads. For that reason, we believe any person with information that may lead us to the murderer should act in the interest of self-preservation. He was shot in the back of the head by two bullets and died almost instantly. He and Booker had been friends since attending Fairview Kindergarten together before she moved to the Texas side in 1944. They mentioned that if the slayer of Mr. Starks was the same killer responsible for the other murders, then the Starks reward would be combined with the other rewards, equating to a sum of $10,000. Another clerk from the Miller County draft board stated that no request for examination of her files had been made. '"[83], Tillman Johnson said, "Whenever he came down the stairs from his hotel room, he called for the press. On Tuesday, April 30, the sales girl identified him as the same man who had tried selling a saxophone. Katie eventually remarried. I'm happiest when I'm living in danger. He fit the description going around in those years about the number of Texas Rangers needed to quell a riot. The Gazette and News offices were drowned with phone calls, both local and long distance, inquiring about the apprehension of the killer. He was in charge of controlling gambling, bank robbery, bootlegging, narcotic trafficking, prostitution, riots, and general lawlessness from the Red River to the Rio Grande and from El Paso, Texas to the Sabine during the 1920s and 1930s. While he was taking his girlfriend home, they stopped on a lateral street off of Richmond Road, where the attack occurred. They will have to be developed if they exist." The Texas Rangers and Sheriff Presley were not convinced that Swinney was the Phantom. He and Presley were the first officers called to the scenes of both double-murders. Betty Booker was born on June 5, 1930. Sheriffs Presley and Davis suggested raising a reward fund of $2,500 for information that would help catch the killer of Virgil Starks. Presley had served 20 years in elected office, including terms as county commissioner, county treasurer, and sheriff. Will they give me the chair?" Observing that even Bill [Sheriff Presley] was still somewhat skeptical of hypnosis, whether or not the man was truly hypnotized or faking, I resorted to a fail-safe demonstration. Sheriff Presley declared that innocent people were being accused of being the Phantom and asked residents to show more consideration for their fellow citizens. He claimed to have been in a coma for several weeks, waking up from his coma on May 3 with his rifle missing and heard about a suspect matching his description. Atkinson later heard the story about Thomas and decided to notify the police of his experience, describing the man he saw was 5'9" tall, wearing khakis, and had hair that could have been dark red. Lapella stated that a person who would commit such crimes was intelligent, clever, shrewd, and often not apprehended. Katie was 36 at the time of her attack. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [47] Others believed he was flown to an out-of-town jail. Gurley, a wealthy Black entrepreneur from Arkansas, moved to racially segregated Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1906 and bought 40 acres of land. By Alexander Tin Updated on: June 11, 2021 / 11:16 AM / CBS News … I got him started at counting by ones, twos, threes, etc., to a hundred and then backward. This serial killer who made a wrong turn into the Natural State found his way back to Illinois and was sentenced consecutively to a total of 500 years in prison in Illinois in 1971. One officer stated that nearly all of the alarms were the result of excitement, wild imagination, and even near-hysteria. [54] Officers also volunteered as decoys, some with real partners, others with mannequins. [39] The title on the front page of the Texarkana Gazette on Sunday, May 5, 1946 read: "SEX MANIAC HUNTED IN MURDERS". However, after hearing conflicting testimony, Rector was ruled competent to stand trial. Presley believes that there is enough evidence to close the case. None other than Lone Wolf Gonzaullas of the Texas Rangers and a woman photographer from Life and Time magazines. He was a veteran of World War I and had served overseas in France with the American Expeditionary Forces. Found insideRemembering Ella reveals the truth behind an event that has been a staple of local folklore for more than a century and still intrigues people from around the country. The reporter called the police after reading the following: "On a certain day in March, I was in a Texarkana theater watching a Pathé news picture of war. He packed two ivory-handled revolvers[88] on his hips, and did not deny that he was the Ranger who sat in the cashier's office at the Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells and gunned down two ex-convicts who sought to rob the place. Peggy's family and Youell's brother-in-law believed Youell was the Phantom. ♥"The Woods is a sexy, small-town murder mystery that’s guaranteed to resonate with fans of Nora Roberts and Karin Slaughter. Since HRC began tracking this data in 2013, advocates have never seen such a high number at this point in the year. The girl told him that she would need to speak to her manager. Katie and Virgil went to school together growing up because their parents lived on neighboring farms in Red Springs, Texas. Officers kept him in jail for three weeks so that his beard would grow back, which would allow Mrs. Harmon to definitively identify him as her attacker. The 1976 film The Town That Dreaded Sundown was released internationally and is loosely based on the events, despite its claim that "only the names have been changed". 5. Barry Seal (source: Wikipedia) Rumors began, and then intensified, that the murders of Don and Kevin were tied in with drug trafficking. The man told Thomas that he was not done with killing, and that he was going to return to Texarkana to kill Martin's father (the suspect apparently did not know that Martin's father was already dead). "Unshackled Courage" by Pam Kumpe (May 27, 2018) takes place in 1976; investigator Annie Grace solves the cold case of the Phantom Killer as the filming of "The Town that Dreaded Sundown" is happening in Texarkana. 1 stated that even though he contacted officers two weeks beforehand, no investigating officers had checked his files. [2] Most of the town hid in fear inside their houses or hotels, sometimes even leaving town. This reference book is divided into three parts. Part One, arranged chronologically, details 53 of the most famous murder cases of the 20th century in the United States. [39] He was the first lawman on the scene of Mary Jeanne Larey's attack and the first and second double-murders. We believe that the people have a right to know if the killer is caught or killed, and we pledge ourselves to let the public have this information. Crime Tip Form. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of East Sixth Street. Cherry's estimated release date is January 9, 2020. A. Proctor. After several days of grilling, Captain Gonzaullas stated, "Everything the man tells us is being checked and double-checked, and everything he has told us thus far has been found to be true. [57] He was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery on Highway 67 West, the same cemetery as Paul Martin. O.W. Praise for The Innocent Man “Grisham has crafted a legal thriller every bit as suspenseful and fast-paced as his bestselling fiction.”—The Boston Globe “A gritty, harrowing true-crime story.”—Time “A triumph.”—The Seattle ... Gonzaullas, a Mason and a Presbyterian, died of cancer on February 13, 1977 at the age of 85 in Dallas, Texas. The crazy things he said made me feel that his mind was warped. "Smoke was filling the room and was coming up all around the man and between his legs. Instead, we looked at the hard numbers from the FBI's most recent report of crime (Published Sept 2020) in Arkansas. Seal was assassinated in 1986 after turning DEA informant. Sheriff Presley and his officers then verfied the details of the man's story and cleared him as a suspect. This page was last edited on 27 August 2021, at 06:05. It was held on April 16 at 2 p.m., four hours after Martin's, also during heavy rainfall. Barefoot and still in her blood-soaked nightgown, she ran across the street to her sister and brother-in-law's house. The comments below have not been moderated. The train engineer that struck the boys said that they were lying motionless on the tracks, and made no attempt to avoid being hit. [23] By March 27, local police had interviewed around fifty to sixty witnesses, including patrons and employees of Club Dallas, a local bar near the crime scene. He refused to appeal his death sentence. to which Swinney then said, "Mister, don't play games with me. Convicted of murder after a two-day trial in May 1945, Hall was sentenced to death. [21] In response to the murders, police launched a citywide investigation along with the Texas and Arkansas city police, the Department of Public Safety, Miller and Cass County sheriffs' departments, and the FBI. Tackett died on Sunday, March 12, 1972 at midnight (March 13) in a local hospital at the age of 59. He was a handsome man, I'd say, and he made a good appearance, and of course he had a reputation for being a killer. On the dining room table were Katie Starks' supplies for making a dress. If he is caught, I would like to kill him. He looked like a typical Texas Ranger," said Graves. Sadly, 2020 has already seen at least 44 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means, the majority of which were Black and Latinx transgender women.We say at least because too often these stories go unreported -- or misreported. Sheriff Davis stated that although this murder could not be directly linked to the Phantom because the caliber was a .22, "it is possible that the killer is one and the same man". Billy Jack Haynes, 62, made his bombshell claims in video statements and interviews released this week, speaking out about the murder of 17-year-old Kevin Ives and 16-year-old Don Henry. [45] Over a month later, on Monday, June 10, Virgil's father, Jack Starks, added a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of his son's killer. The man's left arm (severed at the elbow) and leg (severed at the hip) were on the inside of the tracks, and had been cut off by a freight train that had passed by at 5:30 a.m. I had established in his mind that I was his friend. His grave is near the end of the second row from the entrance. On Magnolia Street, reports of a prowler bumping against a house turned out to be a hedge being blown by the wind. [11], Larey spotted an old car parked off the road, but found it empty, and was again confronted by the attacker, who asked her why she was running. On the night of Virgil's death, the reward fund was up to $7,025. ", Elliott, speaking later, said, "The technique I used on this man was to get him to completely relax. He was too busy giving out interviews and trying to run the Gazette. By the middle of May, he was still recovering from his injuries. On Friday, June 28, 1946, Tackett found a car in a parking lot that had been reported as stolen. He was buried at his church, Beech Street Baptist, on April 16 at 10 a.m. during heavy rainfall. The first two victims, Jimmy Hollis and Mary Larey, survived. The flashlight was sent to Washington D.C. for further inspection by the FBI. We sped to the scene and I hid behind a car while Police Chief Max Tackett and three other patrolmen approached the house. When Johnson approached the car and noticed a couple, he introduced himself and said "Aren't you scared to be parked out here at night?" He lived not far from his brother, Charlie (died in 1960), and only two miles away from his father, Jack (died in 1951). When he went under, he was counting by threes backward. This man was also cleanly shaven. After the first double-murder, Larey went to Texarkana to talk to the police with the hope that they would connect the incidents and identify the murderer, but the Rangers questioned her story and insisted she knew who her attacker was. Several of the law enforcement officials named in Haynes' confession went on to be arrested and convicted on unrelated drug charges, or were themselves murdered. She heard the killer coming through the kitchen window, so she turned around and ran through the dining room, through the bedroom, down a hallway, through another bedroom, and then into the living room and out the front door, leaving behind a "virtual river of blood" and teeth throughout the house and across the street. The coroner's jury's verdict stated, "death at the hands of persons unknown", and that "he was dead before being placed on the railroad tracks. Despite all efforts, the Phantom never took the bait. At night, on the street, even downtown. [57] Victim and survivor Jimmy Hollis said, "I know he's crazy. An Arkansas woman was murdered Wednesday at the historic Snowden family home allegedly by the same man who killed her mother and her mother’s nephew, on … Swinney then said, "Mr. Johnson, you got me for more than stealing cars. The victims of the first attack, Jimmy Hollis and Mary Jeanne Larey, were the only victims able to give a description of their attacker. 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