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Romeo Pinkerton
The Kentucky Fried Chicken murders were an armed robbery Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person o ... and mass murder which took place at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Kilgore, Texas, in 1983. For over two decades, it was unsolved. Robbery and murders On the evening of September 23, 1983, just before the restaurant closed, armed robbers held up the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Kilgore, Texas, US. The five people in the restaurant at the time (three of whom were restaurant employees, and two of whom were friends of one of them, and waiting for someone there), were abducted, taken to a nearby field on County Road 232, and each executed with a shot to the back of the head along with shots to the torso. One of the victims, who was found a short distance from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilgore, Texas
Kilgore, officially the City of Kilgore, is a city in Gregg County, Texas, Gregg and Rusk County, Texas, Rusk counties in Texas, United States. Located where Interstate 20 and US 259 converge just south of the Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana), Sabine River. Over three-fourths of the area within city limits are located in Gregg County, the remainder in Rusk County. The population was 12,975 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census and 13,376 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Kilgore was founded in 1872 when the International–Great Northern Railroad completed the initial phase of rail line between Palestine, Texas, Palestine and Longview, Texas, Longview. The rail company chose to bypass New Danville, a small community about southeast of Longview, in lieu of a new townsite platted on sold to the railroad by Constantine B. Kilgore, Constantine Buckley Kilgore, the town's namesake. That way the railroad gained the profits from sale and development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
