A Mystery Of Stupidity

Pound, Virginia is a small coal town in Wise County in the far western tip of the state, near the Kentucky border. In 1981 it had 828 people and a median household income of $26,417 against a national average of $69,000. After the coal industry collapsed the town closed its police department, failed to pass a budget and lost its wastewater facility to the county, and the General Assembly passed a law that would have revoked its charter; the charter was restored in 2023. Dancing without a permit has been banned since 1981.

this part of the story is covered for now In 1971 he married Judy K. Cantrell, then about eighteen. Her uncle Orby Cantrell had sat in the Virginia House of Delegates for thirty years. details of the account remain covered until revealed The marriage was unhappy. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

On December 8th, 1981, Judy was at a karate class. At about nine o'clock Mac Mullins heard two loud booms three to five seconds apart and rang Bill Cantrell. this part of the story is covered for now Bill heard him screaming that they had shot Judy. details of the account remain covered until revealed Judy, twenty-eight, had been shot twice at close range with a 12-gauge shotgun, in the chest and neck, and was dead. Her karate bag was by her feet and her keys were on the steps. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it A neighbour who watched every passing car had heard Judy's car at about five past nine and nothing else until the rescue squad. Officer Mullins arrived at 9.30.

Inside, drawers and cabinets stood open, Christmas presents had been unwrapped, and "fuck you" was written on the television screen with an oddly formed K. Judy's wedding rings, two men's watches and a camera were left in plain sight. this part of the story is covered for now A tracking dog followed a scent from the back of the house to a boundary fence around a field and stopped, and some stolen items were found there. There were no fingerprints on the shotgun. details of the account remain covered until revealed

On December 31st he gave a handwritten statement. Three men had seized him when he came home at 6.40 p.m., struck him with a glass, tied him with his own long johns and had the largest sit on him for two or three hours while the others ransacked the house. He heard Judy's car, screamed a warning, was hit again, heard two blasts, and the men ran out the back.

On April 17th, 1982 an anonymous man telephoned the Wise County police station claiming to be one of the intruders and sent officers to a flower box at Pound Hardware, where they found a bag holding the stolen .38, Judy's nightgown and underwear and two photographs of her. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

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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 the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now A federal habeas petition was rejected on plain view grounds and the Fourth Circuit affirmed in February 1990. He later got out. Judy is buried at the Benjamin Bolling cemetery at Flat Gap, Virginia.