Murderous Tuesday : Deathbed Confessional
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
January 29, 2019 10:11am CST
This one is going to be different than any of the others I've done. Discussions not murders, I've not murdered anyone.
In 1997, A dying man pulled his sister in law close and confessed to a double murder that had occurred in 1955. The murder had confounded the local police, and no one had been charged for the crime, despite several false confessions.
The man on his deathbed stated that the girls had offended him several days before. His sister in law did contact the authorities in the area, and they do believe that the dying man was the perpetrator. Even so, the woman's confession leaves some questions. A stress test on her voice reveals that she wavered at some points in their questioning, and she (the sister in law) is a convicted thief herself.
Edward's (the deathbed confession-er) oldest brother just doesn't believe anyone in his family could have done this, let alone Edward.
More to be found out here:
Print Edition Metro Articles Front Page Articles On Our Site Metro Section Traffic Education Communities Deathbed Tale Offers a Solution to 1955 Slayings By Craig Whitlock and April Witt Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, June 15, 2000; Page A01 Befor
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
29 Jan 19
I think your comments got mixed up somehow? This is about a murder case that was solved. Not about a book. 
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I believe you are right, she accused the brother of her husband to protect her own husband.
@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Both events are bad, I also could not say which is worse.
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
29 Jan 19
Oh that is strange. I wonder why she would lie though, if he didn't really confess.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 19
I don't know, they don't think she is a credible witness because she is a thief. I don't see why she would lie about something like this or how she would know about it otherwise. They did say that a lot of what she said made sense though.
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
30 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum True, what would her motive be to lie, if he didn't actually confess - unless she actually did it - and it would remove the blame off of her?
@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
30 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum It's all so interesting, and to think there are probably countless cases like this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 19
Agreed. For that matter, why would the sister in law lie about something like that? How would she know about it otherwise? This is one of the more interesting cases for me.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 19
@Courage7 Especially as it would allow for closure for the families involved.
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
30 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes indeed very interesting and she would not lie about it surely.
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