Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the

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He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff

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and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967. Nix has repeatedly refused to comment about Pusser's claims that he was one of his wife's killers. In 1972, Nix was convicted of murdering Frank Corso, a

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grocery executive, in a break-in at Corso's home, and began serving a life sentence without parole. Nix was later convicted for involvement in the 1987 murder-for-hire killing of Judge Vincent Sherry and city councilwoman Margaret Sherry, spouses, in

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. As described by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: In 1991, a jury convicted Nix, Gillich, Sheri LaRa Sharpe, and John Ransom of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and it found Nix and Gillich guilty of travel in aid of murder-for-hire. In 1994, Gillich became a state informant, and, in 1997, a second trial yielded convictions against Nix, Gillich, Halat, and Thomas Leslie Holcomb. Nix was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to violate the racketeering statute, fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Holcomb was serving a life sentence for carrying out the killings for pay and died in prison in 2005 at age 52. Ransom was released from federal prison in late 2003 at age 76 and returned to the Atlanta area. Nix is currently incarcerated at the

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