State investigator Arthur Mason and public safety director Floyd Mann in Andalusia, Alabama, to meet with relatives of the Lee and Emmett Harper, who had been killed by Viola Hyatt in Calhoun County.
On June 28, 1959, Viola Hyatt killed the Harper brothers, who lived in a trailer on her family's farm in Calhoun County. Before her confession, the case was known as the "Torso Murders," and the victims were called "Mr. X" and "Mr. Y." Hyatt shot both men in the fa...
Main Author: | Dean, Norman |
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Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/124742 |
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