Chief investigator W. L. Allen processing evidence found while investigating the murders of Lee and Emmett Harper, who were killed by Viola Hyatt in Calhoun County, Alabama.
He is labeling a box holding a pair of underwear worn by one of them men the night they were killed (deputies found the garment was found 2.5 miles west of Piedmont). On June 28, 1959, Viola Hyatt killed the Harper brothers, who lived in a trailer on her family's farm in Calhoun County. Before...
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| Summary: | He is labeling a box holding a pair of underwear worn by one of them men the night they were killed (deputies found the garment was found 2.5 miles west of Piedmont). 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 face, and then cut off their arms legs before scattering their remains in St. Clair and Etowah Counties. For more details about the case, see https://www.al.com/news/2016/02/after_57_years_reporter_return.html |
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