Once outside the car, the man told Hollis to take his pants off. When Hollis did, the man in the mask struck him with a heavy object once, then twice. The second hit was loud — so loud Larey thought the gun had gone off in the masked man’s hand.
Police said other notes, one outlining the arrangements for his funderal and burial and one suggesting a newspaper headline about his death, also were found. Tennison, Texarkana freshman at the University of Arkansas, really the Phantom Killer, or was his suicide note a bizarre hoax? That is the question police were working on Saturday in Fayetteville. Bowie County Sheriff Bill Presley said Monday night that he felt fairly certain word on the result of fingerprint comparisons of H.



Speculation as to why the killings ended as suddenly as they began would include the possibilites that the killer slipped away and quietly relocated to another part of the state or the country. The killer could have also been arrested and jailed for another crime. Also, the killer could have become a victim himself of a different crime or accident. Then, the attacks stopped as abruptly as they had started.
There were reports that she had been raped, but unlike the earlier attacks on Marie Jean Larray, these reports were not made public. As investigators continued to study the case, Criminal profiling other agencies were called in to assist. It involved detectives and officers from city police, the Department of Public Safety, neighboring Miller and Cass counties, and the FBI.

There is little to none jittery cam or stale jump scare. Some are seemingly old fashioned but they are delivered with sophistication. Addison Timlin as Jami does a great job as the down-to-earth girl. She has the vibe of innocence that serves better as audience can easily invest to her story and also self-continuity. Script helps the authentic feel as much of the dialogues are deceptively plain yet sentimental.
Am surprised to see a hand bunch of good actors gathered here, just check out the list, you'll see what I'm talking about, so you can expect good acting. The story moves slow, but the killings go on and on, no gore, a little nudity, still powerful images come with every kill. Those looked indeed like authentic psychopath murders with psychopath reason behind them. Texarkana is still affected by the gruesome lovers lane murders some sixty-five years after the burlap masked figure terrorized the Arkansas/Texas area.

Investigators discovered that Tennyson played in the same high school band as the murder victim, Betty Jo Booker, and they were not friends. They both played instruments – Betty played the saxophone, Tennyson the trombone – but they didn’t really know each other. As panic tightened its grip around Texana, businesses began experiencing a 20% drop in activity, and some residents began taking the law into their own hands.
Q. Mahaffey, was the editor of the Gazette when the murders occurred—and the man, incidentally, who hired Presley in 1947. I was one year old when the killer struck, so I don’t have any memories of the terror that engulfed the town. If the crimes were ever a topic of discussion around my house, it was only my father expressing his frustration with a national press that seemed intent on forever branding his beloved town as a murder capital. ” his editor friends in the East would joke when they called him.
Washington County Sheriff Bruce Crider who originally investigated the suicide said, however, he still is not satisfied as to the reasons for some of Tennison's statements in the notes. Only one viewmaster was found among Tennison's possession and a film on Mexico was found in th strongbox along with the note "confessing" to the slaying of two high school students and a farmer. He also reported that Mrs. Smith told him that Tennison had purchased a "viewmaster" -- a film viewing device -- and film ono Mexico at the same time.

Please disregard all other messages which I have written, they are only thoughts which I was thinking about as possible reasons for taking my own life. There are instances in which the Texarkana Gazette contradicts claims made by the Northwest Arkansas Times with regard to characteristics of Doodie's notes. In instances where such contradictions occur, my analysis has usually assumed the Northwest Arkansas Times to be more accurate. Yates was thensentenced to life in prison, which was eventually overturned during an appeal. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006 after suffering from postpartum psychosis.
Five persons were mysteriously slain here in the spring of 1946. Tennison's notes said he was responsible for three of the slayings. He listed the victims as Betty Jo Booker, 15, Paul Martin, 17; and Virgil Starks, 36. He said he remembered the date very well, because news of the shooting spread rapidly through the town. Police said other messages, including one suggesting a newspaper headline about his death, also were found in the room.

Titled ‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’, the film is inspired by true events in Texana. Retired from the Rangers in the early 1950s to pursue a career in show business. It was based on an investigation conducted by Gonzalez. Many claimed that Captain Gonzávelas took credit for many things he was not responsible for, but that surprised no one at the time.
At Austin, Tex., Col. Homer Garrison, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said fingerprints that might have been those of the "phantom" do not match those of the suicide victim. Sheriff Hiram Waller said the death gun was of the same calibre as that used in the five Texarkana killings, but he did not definitely link the cases. The cotton-country county seat went on the alert as soon as the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Paola were found, each with two bullet holes drilled through the head. Four .22 caliber shells were found on th floor of their bedroom, Boyle said.

She was on her way to the Texas State College for Women campus – now Texas Woman's University – to enroll in the summer course. While on the train, Carpenter met Marjorie Webster, a middle-aged school teacher who was also enrolling at TSCW from Texarkana. In the last few months before her disappearance, she took up sketching and became quite good through the coaching of a friend. Mrs. Carpenter said that a portrait Virginia did from memory of her father was one of the best likeness she had ever seen. Virginia was recovering from her sunburn when she packed for her trip to Denton.