A Sinister & Murderous Plot

Anniston, in Calhoun County in north-east Alabama, was the setting for a 1986 case that began with a bungled blackmail plot.

Fred Blackman was 76 in 1986, the son of a longtime Alabama congressman, Fred Leonard Blackman Sr., who represented the state from 1873 until his death on February 8, 1921. Fred lived on Fairway Drive in Anniston with his 41-year-old wife, Evelyn Kane Blackman. Evelyn had a 20-year-old daughter, Julie Greenwood, from a previous marriage. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed On the morning of March 26, after Julie had left for school and before 8.40 a.m., the two men parked about a quarter of a mile from the Blackman house. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now Fred, still in his pyjamas, let him in.

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now He told Fred that Julie was a hostage and demanded $75,000. details of the account remain covered until revealed Fred dressed and went with him to the First Alabama Bank, where he cashed a cheque for $5,000. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now They left in Fred's black Cadillac Eldorado, drove across the Coosa River and down a dirt road. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They covered the body and left it.

They drove Fred back across the river into Calhoun County and stopped on a dirt road. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They put the body in the boot of Fred's car, left it at a Piggly Wiggly, then returned that night and pushed it into the Coosa River from a boat ramp. this part of the story is covered for now They went back to the woods, broke Evelyn's body with an axe to fit it into a barrel, weighed it with rocks and cement, cut holes in the barrel and sank it.

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now On March 28 Julie and her father reported Fred and Evelyn missing.

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Evelyn's body was recovered from the barrel. The autopsies showed Fred had been shot twice at close range, in the neck and chest, and Evelyn three times, with a chop wound on her lower back.

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the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed In the week before he was moved to the death holding cell, had 12 visitors and was given a final meal of chicken, French fries, apple sauce, a tomato and orange juice, plus sandwiches and coffee from a vending machine. His final words were "no". the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

Fred and Evelyn Blackman are buried together at Hillside Cemetery in Anniston. this part of the story is covered for now