South Carolina's most prolific serial killer is from Florence County. Prosecutors said Burch shot him twice in the head with a .22-caliber rifle as he sat on the couch. Susie Newsom Lynch, along with her first cousin and lover Fritz Klenner, killed nine people, including themselves, in 1984 and 1985. More twists and turns: But the story doesnt stop there. In the letter, Thomas allegedly confessed to killing Reid and trying to fatally poison Reid. We just - we cannot have one. In February 1993, Wallace had sex with Shawna Hawk at her home and then strangled her. North Carolinas judicial history is filled with captivating true-crime tales, and many have drawn national attention and set legal precedent. ", During the capital sentencing phase, the jury found as aggravating circumstances that Blanche Moore was motivated to kill for financial gain and that Reid's murder was "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.". On February 19, 1993, Wallace strangled 20-year-old Shawna Hawk, a college student, at her home after first raping her and later went to her funeral. Blanche Taylor Moore now passes the time in a cell in Raleigh. Rodney Alcala was an American serial killer whose good looks and high IQ helped him lure victims. 0:59 A North Carolina 'serial killer' has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole after the disappearance and death of a Travelers Rest woman. Barbara told police the gun was kept under her husbands pillow and that it accidentally went off in her hand as she was moving the gun. Pedro Lopez is linked to more than 300 murders in his native Colombia and in Ecuador and Peru. The Greensboro News & Record described the ordeal in a 2015 retrospective on the case: He was near death at a Chapel Hill hospital, hooked to a ventilator, his liver, kidneys and heart failing. According to court records, Blanche sought and got permission from Dr. Hamilton to bring Reid food from home. She was beaten by Moses and the others and then shot. State handwriting experts, however, said Blanche Moore wrote the letter herself. Pritchard was convicted of aiding and abetting in the assault against his mother and was sentenced to life in prison, but was paroled in 2007. In 2019, former newspaper columnist Tom Gasparoli released a 10-episode podcast series about the Hedgepeth murder called Pursuit. In May 2020, an Investigation Discovery Special called Who Killed the Co-Ed? "Connecting the death of James Taylor with that of Raymond Reid and illness of Dwight Moore, unless they make that direct connection, then the evidence is clearly not admissible," her defense team argued. Let it come. Petersons defense teams planning and the trial were recorded by a French documentary film crew, who had unprecedented access to Petersons family and attorneys. "We're talking about an average, ordinary neighborhood lady," former Alamance County Sheriff Richard Frye told The Associated Press in 1989. Gary Michael Hilton was arrested for the kidnapping, murder, and beheading of hikers in Florida, Georgia, as well as a North Carolina couple in a national forest in 2007. She also had been beaten in the head and stabbed in the neck at least eight times. Ted Bundy Ted Bundy. According to reports, Lawson owned a farm near Germanton. 10. During her time in prison, Barfield got off drugs, became a born-again Christian and received praise from Billy Graham for ministering to prisoners. The following is a summary of other notable killers in South Carolina . Victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy identified as North Carolina man October 25, 2021 / 1:51 PM / CBS/AP A North Carolina man who moved to Chicago was one of the victims of John. Pete Moses, 34, remains in prison in Columbus County. The arsenic in Reid's brain tissue was approximately 67 times higher than normal. A man named Antwan Maurice Pittman has since been convicted of one of the murders, the 2009 strangling of Tahara Nicholson, and is likely behind several of . Her body and Jadons both were found buried in the backyard of a vacant rental house in June 2011. Active: 1969-1975. However, they never got a chance to arrest and charge him for his crimes. In each case, defendant had motive (financial), opportunity (close relationship), and means (knowledge of and access to Anti-Ant). Steven Reid testified that when he arrived on the evening of Oct. 6, he hardly recognized his father. Many knew 57-year-old Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore as a middle-aged churchgoer with a grandmotherly appearance and a cool demeanor - the last person you'd suspect of being a serial killer. Henry Louis Wallace is a serial killer who raped and murdered 10 women in Charlotte and one woman in his hometown of Barnwell, S.C., from 1990 to 1994. The victims: It was the Rev. Mitchell's body did not have elevated levels of arsenic. Rosario told police that she left the door unlocked. In November 1991, Wallace relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina. Police said it looked like a professional hit. Moore testified that he bought the Anti-Ant at Byrd's and gave the bottle to Blanche. She also testified that though she had heard of Anti-Ant, an ant poison containing arsenic, she had never bought it or asked anyone to do so. On February 20, 1994, a day after Shawnas mother appealed to the public to find her daughter's murderer, Wallace raped and strangled Vanessa Little Mack, 25, in her west Charlotte apartment. (Wallace later confessed to visiting the remains three times.) Just before her execution, it is reported that Barfield told her son Ronnie Burke that she probably killed him because she left a lit cigarette at the foot of the bed where he lay drunk. He was also questioned about the attempted rape of a 16-year-old Barnwell girl but was never charged for that. The Newsoms, who lived directly across the street from poet and author Maya Angelou, had been assisting Tom Lynch in getting more visitation rights for his sons, which had enraged Susie. She was verbally abusive, criticizing her son for even the smallest mistakes. As the Blazer got on the road, police surrounded it and waved for Klenner to stop. 22, 2022 at 9:22 AM PDT. The book was made into a TV miniseries in 1996. Though modern DNA testing in 2006 linked him conclusively to the crime scene, he could not be tried again in state court. So the Army called him back to active duty to court-martial him on the charges, though the murders were committed off post. Until Wallace's murder pace picked up in the early weeks of March 1994, the deaths were sporadic and not entirely similar. The victims: Kathryn Katie Eastburn, 31, was home with her three daughters in a rental house in Fayetteville while her husband, Gary, a U.S. Air Force captain at what was then Pope Air Force Base, attended military training in Alabama. Hawk had worked at Taco Bell where Wallace was her supervisor.[2]. On June 22, Wallace raped and strangled his Taco Bell co-worker and manager, Audrey Spain, 24. On March 9, 2017, Amber Burch pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed robbery, and accessory after the fact to murder. In 2009, he . Then she checked NC ticket, 74,000 & growing: Some NC police departments stockpile guns rather than release them, EPA reviewing much-criticized water pollution rules for industrial-sized CAFO farms. Dwight Moore testified that during the summer of 1985, Blanche showed him a bottle of Anti-Ant and asked him to buy some for her from Byrd's Food Center in Glen Raven. Moore and Reid worked together for years at Kroger, beginning in 1962, according to court records, but didn't begin a romantic relationship until 1979. 1 is Henry Louis Wallace, who was charged with strangling 10 women in Charlotte in the. Wallace later went with McKnight and Loves sister to file a missing persons report. Police collected tons of forensic evidence from the scene (including the murder weapon and DNA), performed hundreds of DNA tests and even generated a composite image of the killer based on DNA, but the case went unsolved for nearly 20 years. [2], Wallace went to several colleges before joining the U.S. Navy in 1985. Tommy Dean Welch had reportedly been at Algarad's home, along with Burch and others. Dwight Moore said in 1994 after a hearing before the State Supreme Court. 3 The Edgecombe County Serial Killer. Henry Louis Wallace is a serial killer who raped and murdered 10 women in Charlotte and one woman in his hometown of Barnwell, S.C., from 1990 to 1994. . (Jennings grandson, singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd, wrote the song Velma about Velma Barfield.). Wallace raped Henderson while she held her baby and then strangled her. The Outcome: The entire family was buried in a mass grave in Germanton. Kimberly was found dead in her bed. [1], Henry Louis Wallace was born in Barnwell, South Carolina,[2] the son of Lottie Mae Wallace. He wouldn't want to be cut on like this. ", When Reid's body was exhumed from Pine Hill Cemetery in Burlington, an autopsy performed in Chapel Hill revealed "clearly recognizable" Mees lines across the fingernails of both hands, and the toxicology report showed arsenic in Reid's liver "30 times higher than one might see in an average individual.". In the same article, her other daughter, Vanessa Woods, said Reid "was a very good man. He received nine death sentences. One of the world's most prolific serial killers might still be out there. He eventually remarried and moved to Virginia. Wallace stole from nearly all the victims to fund his crack addiction. Blanche Moore had maintained a detached demeanor during the trial, with a tight smile for the cameras tightly trained on her throughout. Perkins went on to wear a wire for the police in an effort to catch Fritz. The nurse testified that Blanche often brought Reid food from home such as iced tea, frozen yogurt, milkshakes, and soups. Those drug traffickers were actually Susies parents and grandmother: Bob and Florence Newsom, and Bobs mother, Hattie. Adjusted number of serial killings per 1 million: 6.11Total no. The Greensboro News & Record, where Bledsoe worked at the time of the killing spree, revisited the case in 2015 on its 30th anniversary, with an excellent synopsis of the case and a look at where survivors are now. 2) Delfina and Mara de Jess Gonzlez. In 2013, Hill, 50, of Jennings, pleaded guilty to strangling Janice Mayhew in 2008 and Sierra Sullivan in 2009. 10. Legend has held that the first widely recognized first female serial killer in the United States is Lavinia Fisher, born in 1793, but the location of her birth, her maiden name, or any information about her childhood is unknown. MacDonald went on trial in July 1979 and was convicted of first-degree murder in Kristens death, and of second-degree murder in Colettes and Kimberlys deaths. The victims: Barfield was convicted in 1978 of poisoning and killing fiance Rowland Stuart Taylor by mixing Singletary Rat Killer or Terro Ant and Roach Killer into his beer and tea. 4. Tashonda Bethea, a young woman in Wallaces hometown of Barnwell, S.C. In the cases of Reid and Taylor, defendant was already seeing her next victim at the time of the arsenic assaults.". In February 1991, Wallace broke into Barnwell High School and the radio station where he once worked as a disc jockey. The outcome: Wallace was finally arrested on March 13, 1994, and he confessed in detail to the 10 murders in Charlotte and one in Barnwell. He stabbed her 38 times in the stomach and chest. The study found that water signs Scorpio, Cancer, and Pisces are the deadliest element with the highest number of both killers and victims: 28 percent and 27 percent, respectively. Frederick Robert Klenner Jr. Frederick Rober Klenner Jr. was considered a mass murderer who killed several victims between 1984 and 1985. However, many in the area's black community criticized the police's conduct during the investigation, accusing them of neglecting the murders of black women. Learn more: North Carolina writer Jerry Bledsoe wrote a great book about Barfields life and crimes: Death Sentence: The True Story of Velma Barfields Life, Crimes, and Execution.. Lee Roy Martin Martin, known as the Gaffney Strangler, was convicted of four murders and was sentenced to four life terms. She was later cleared of any involvement. Stager was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later reduced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Lynch was the daughter of R.J. Reynolds executive Bob Newsom and was named after her maternal aunt, Susie Sharp, the first female North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice. "Mom never expected to spend the rest of her life by herself. Pedro Lopez. Todd Kohlhepp, convicted of killing seven people, is considered one of the South's most notorious serial killers. The victims: On Christmas morning, sometime after oldest daughter Marie baked a special cake topped with raisins, the oldest son, Arthur, went into town to buy ammunition for a hunting trip. She has been at the N.C. Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh since Nov. 16, 1990. Jeffrey Robert MacDonald, a U.S. Army officer and physician, was accused of brutally killing his two young daughters and pregnant wife in February 1970. Though it's easy to think that nothing bad like that has happened in North Carolina, the Tar Heel State has seen plenty of heinous crimes through its history. In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride and Madness, usually called Bitter Blood in cable TV reruns, starred Kelly McGillis, Harry Hamlin and Keith Carradine. On May 30, 1986, as Reid's condition worsened, he was admitted to Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro. Kroger made Reid move around quite a bit, transferring him several times in 1979 and 1980 until he became a store manager at a Winston-Salem location. Brenda Green, a Kroger co-worker, testified that she heard Blanche recommend Anti-Ant to a customer as a good ant killer. He has been through too much. On Christmas Day in 1929, Stokes County tobacco farmer Charles Lawson brutally murdered his wife and six of his seven children and his motive for the massacre has become one of North Carolinas greatest mysteries. It would be almost two years (March 1994) before her body was discovered in a wooded area in Charlotte. He is currently awaiting execution at a prison in Raleigh. Fast forward to 2019, and Moore, who will turn 86 on Sunday, is the oldest person on North Carolina's death row. An investigation revealed that Stagers first husband had died in a very similar way, but Stager was only tried for the death of her second husband. Surviving son Arthur died in an automobile accident in 1945 at age 31. Henry Louis Wallace is considered the most infamous killer in the history of North Carolina after murdering nearly a dozen women around Charlotte who all shared some connection with the man. Henry Louis Wallace (born November 4, 1965) is an American serial killer who killed eleven black women in South Carolina and North Carolina from March 1990 to March 1994. They watched Fritz and Susie load a Chevy Blazer with camping supplies and then John and Jim and the family dog. [2] Slaughter's body was found on March 12, 1994. Kill the pigs attacked the family during the night. But in interviews with the Baltimore Sun for a 1989 story, other workers called her "vindictive," and "two-faced.". Books, songs and poems were written about the Lawson murders (a bluegrass song about the crime became so popular that mothers reportedly sang it to their babies instead of lullabies). In October 1990, Blanche Moore went on trial in Forsyth County for the death of Raymond Reid. North Carolina hasn't executed an inmate since Aug. 18, 2006. "He's crying because his murderer isn't coming to see him! The first sign of trouble happened right after they returned from their honeymoon. Wallace returned to the same apartment complex on March 8, 1994, knowing that Berness Woods would be at work so he could murder his girlfriend, Brandi June Henderson, an 18-year-old high school student, homemaker, and mother of Woods child. Here, a sampling of some other notorious South Carolina killers. The outcome: Starting in July 1970, the Army held Article 32 proceedings. The outcome: Barfield, who became known as the Death Row Granny, was convicted of Taylors murder and executed on Nov. 2, 1984. The story has also been the subject of multiple TV shows such as Forensic Files and American Justice. A TV movie based on Bledsoes book starred Jaclyn Smith. Blanche Moore's family was also devastated. Dwight Moore, filed for divorce in December of 1990. After he graduated in 1983, Wallace became a disc jockey for a Barnwell radio station. [2] In 1992, Wallace was honorably discharged from the Navy. Police found that Katie Eastburn had been raped and stabbed and her throat had been slit. Over the next two years, Wallace's case was delayed over the choice of venue, DNA evidence from murdered victims, and jury selection. Colette had been beaten with a piece of wood that broke both her arms, and she had been stabbed 37 times with an ice pick and a knife. He was 50 years old. "I mean that's just my opinion, but I think she did it.". She is suspected of killing at least two additional people. One of the world's worst serial killers remains unknown, even after killing 32 elderly women between 2011 and 2012. On August 10, 1993, Wallace raped and strangled Valencia M. Jumper, a 21-year-old college student from Columbia, South Carolina, his sister's friend. Her defense argued before the North Carolina State Supreme Court that Moore had not received a fair trial and that the other deaths should not have been allowed as evidence. Hawk and Wallace both worked at Taco Bell. This story was originally published June 24, 2022, 6:00 AM. He'd been scheduled to appear in court the next day. In August 1993, Wallace raped and strangled Valencia M. Jumper, a friend of Wallaces sister. It was at the grocery store that Blanche Taylor, who was married in 1952 and widowed in 1973, met and later began dating Reid, a divorced store manager. According to the FBI, a murderer becomes serial when they kill two or more people in separate events. ", According to court records, Dr. Guinn noted that on June 24, 1986, the arsenic in Reid's hair sample was "roughly 70 times the normal level.". Velma Barfield: Margie Velma Barfield was born in South Carolina in 1932 but raised in Robeson County, where she lived nearly her whole life. The group in Israel has been a source of strife in the past between the U.S. and Israeli governments, because it was started by immigrants from the U.S. who settled there illegally. Reid, not known as someone who got sick much, missed more than four weeks of work during the next few months. What is it? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Lee Roy Martin (?1938 - May 31, 1972) Juan Ignacio Blanco There is not much known about Lee Roy's childhood. At the same time defense attorney Isabel Day asked for a life sentence, arguing that Wallace suffered from mental illness, and that the killings were not first-degree murder because they did not result from "premeditation and deliberation.". Former Forsyth County prosecutor Vince Rabil, along with Branch, was one of two attorneys tasked in 1990 with convicting Blanche Taylor Moore. He then set her body on fire to cover up the crime. This is our view on which of those make the most notorious serial killers in the world. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Learn more: Jerry Bledsoes book about this case, Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness and Multiple Murder, is one of the best in the true crime genre. Wallace would sexually assault, beat, and strangle his victims, including once in front of the woman's son. But the end of his killing spree occurred in Florida, after he fled a Colorado prison ( for the . From mass shootings to serial killers, the country has some of the most prolific and brutal killers ever recorded. Prosecutors said that while Raymond Reid was in the hospital suffering from what would later be identified as arsenic poisoning, Moore was bringing him food laced with more arsenic. Insider compiled a list of the most notorious serial killer from each state, from widely-known murderers like Ted Bundy and Ed Kemper to local infamous killers like Lady Bluebird and the Honolulu Strangler. Henry was apprehended and charged in May 1994. The outcome: On June 3, 1985, unmarked police cars from various agencies Forsyth County deputies, Greensboro Police, SBI agents and Kentucky State Police followed Fritz Klenner to Susies Greensboro apartment. [2], During his time in the Navy, Wallace began using several drugs, including crack cocaine. An older sister, Rolanda Hedgepeth, was 18 when Faith was born, and was like a second mother to her. Yet, in the weeks before Christmas, Lawson drove his family to Winston-Salem and bought new clothes for everyone and had them sit for a family portrait, something extremely out of character for the frugal farmer. In opening arguments, prosecutor Marsha Goodnow argued for the death penalty. We'll take a look at the crimes of: Donald Gaskins Lee Roy Martin Todd Kohlhepp Patrick Tracy Burris Susan Smith ( Source) Donald Gaskins Donald Gaskins was born in 1933 in Southern Florence County, South Carolina. The story even spawned an FX docuseries in 2020 called A Wilderness of Error. Wallace raped her and then strangled and stabbed her in front of her 3-year-old son. Serial killers like Jack the Ripper and Ted Bundy are known all over the world. He repeatedly stabbed each of his victims with a knife and an ice pick before turning the blades on himself, though less severely. Her husband, the Rev. Name: Date: Victims: Location : A: Sylvester Lewis ADAMS October 17, 1979: 1: South Carolina, USA: Quincy Javon ALLEN July-August 2002: 4: South Carolina, USA : John . [2] A few days after her murder, Wallace and his sister went to Valencia's funeral, even sending her family condolences. However, they said the murder cases varied enough to throw them off Wallace's trail. His trial began in September 1996. He later became a born-again Christian. Daniel Glen Printz, 59, of Bostic,. In 1994, the high court concluded that Moore had received a fair trial and rejected the defense's motions. Henry Louis Wallace is considered the most infamous killer in the history of North Carolina after murdering nearly a dozen women around Charlotte who all shared some connection with the man. On Nov. 16, 1990, she was sentenced to death. [2], On February 4, 1994, Wallace was arrested for shoplifting, but police did not make a connection between him and the murders.[2]. His under-the-radar reign of terror is something residents of The Queen City will never forget. Copyright 2023 WTVD-TV. State Government websites value user privacy. Soon, the nation would see her in another light - as the "Black Widow," a diminutive figure with a dark side -- suspected of methodically poisoning at least four other people close to her, going back as far as 1966. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - New information is coming to light about a Rutherford County man found guilty of kidnapping and killing a Greenville County, S.C. woman, with the FBI referring to him as a serial killer. In 1988, N.C. State student Chris Pritchard convinced two of his friends to help him murder his own family, promising to share his inheritance with them if his mother Bonnie Von Stein, and his stepfather, textile executive Lieth Von Stein, were killed. Her favorite source of the poison was said to be a brand of insect killer called Anti-Ant. Michael Peterson a novelist, a Durham Herald-Sun columnist and a former mayoral candidate called 911 and told the operator that his wife had fallen down the stairs but was still breathing. Gary Michael Hilton, a serial killer sentenced to death for the 2007 murder of Crawfordville nurse Cheryl Dunlap is in court today for an evidentiary hearing for his sentence appeal. She was the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1976 resumption of capital punishment and the first since 1962. Charlotte's police chief rejoiced at Wallace's arrest, reassuring the community that the women of east Charlotte were safe. Both Pritchard and Henderson testified against Upchurch, who was found guilty of several charges, including first-degree murder. The victims: Early on the morning of Feb. 17, 1970, Jeffrey MacDonald called military police at Fort Bragg to report a stabbing at the apartment where he and Colette lived with their daughters, Kimberly, 5, and Kristen, 2. But autopsies revealed a new cause of death - arsenic poisoning - for Reid, who had arsenic levels 30 times higher than normal, and James Taylor, whose 1973 death at age 45 had been attributed to a heart attack. [2] He found jobs at several fast-food restaurants in East Charlotte before becoming a manager at a Taco Bell near the now-defunct Eastland Mall. During the trial, the prosecution recounted Reid's agonizing death in meticulous and horrific detail. That year, Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha from Bewitched) played Moore in a TV movie called Black Widow Murders, based on the book. An autopsy found that Kathleens death was a homicide, the result of blunt force trauma to the back of her head. During her time in prison, Barfield got off drugs, became a born-again Christian and received praise from Billy Graham for ministering to prisoners. The outcome: Moore was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Raymond Reid and was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 1990. On June 5, 1998, Wallace married a former prison nurse, Rebecca Torrijas, in a ceremony next to the state's execution chamber. The story of Helen Clevenger. She was found a few days later. He died of natural causes in 2013. America has a dark and checkered past. Hedgepeth was a sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill when she was killed. Frederick Rober Klenner Jr. was considered a mass murderer who killed several victims between 1984 and 1985. She was the first woman in the, Pete Lucas Moses Jr.: The Durham cult leader. According to several witnesses, Blanche told doctors in the moments after Reid's death that "We cannot have an autopsy. I'm not guilty. INVESTIGATION YIELDS SHOCKING DISCOVERIES. After Wallace murdered her, he took a considerable amount of valuables from the house, then left the apartment with her car. The victims: Jadon Higganbotham, 4, was the son of Vania Rae Sisk, a member of Moses cult. To learn more, view our full privacy policy. this story is far from over. Chris Pritchards sister, Angela, was asleep in another part of the house and told police she slept through the whole thing. She had too much to offer," Blanche's daughter, Cynthia Taylor Chatman told the Baltimore Sun in 1989. 1. But the dramatically increased interest in the genre is evidenced by and likely fueled by our increased access to the stories. Victims: 8-200. Newspaper reporter Scott Whisnant, who covered Hennis trial, published a book, Innocent Victims about the case, in 1993 and a newer edition has updates. Surveillance footage shows them arriving at 12:40 a.m. and surveillance footage shows them leaving the club at 2:06 a.m. Charles Lawsons motives in the killings remain a mystery, but some point to a head injury he suffered in the years before the murder, which family members said changed his personality. Dwight Moore became violently ill after eating a chicken sandwich his new wife offered him. Often referred to as North Carolinas Black Widow, Blanche Taylor Moore was charged in 1989 with killing her first husband and her boyfriend, and trying to kill her second husband, all by putting arsenic-based ant killer in their food. Lisa Hutchens, the head nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, testified that she saw Blanche feeding Reid banana pudding on Oct. 1. A judge sentenced him to two years of supervised probation. "Although she was strong in that regard, it was painful to see her broken by that verdict.". Remarkably, Reid again improved. Wallace was questioned by the police regarding her disappearance and death but was never formally charged with her murder. He also stole her TV and car, then returned to her apartment later to steal her VCR. On Jan. 1, 1986, he rang in the new year with severe nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Updated on May 23, 2019. The Insider compiled a list of the most notorious serial killer by state, and North Carolina's No. Here are Wallaces victims: 1. Since the case is technically unresolved, here are some facts about Hedgepeth and the national attention on the case: About Faith Hedgepeth: Hedgepeth grew up in Hollister, North Carolina, a small community on the Warren-Halifax County border. The 22-month-old baby, Jana, had not been attacked but had been without food and drink for days. They returned to Rosarios apartment. In 1985, U.S. Army soldier Timothy Hennis quickly became a suspect in the murder of a Fayetteville woman and two of her young daughters. Hennis case was one of those N.C. Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake cited when pushing for reformation of the N.C. justice system, which helped lead to the creation of the states Actual Innocence Commission. He was bloated and his "eyeballs were even starting to swell and his skin was splitting.". 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