While handing them their change for a quart of milk, Lorenzo Cali pulled a gun on Anna.
There was no inheritance or fortune.
They made off with $20 of her jewelry.
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An intense manhunt ensued, and one by one each man was caught.
What resulted was one of the most overzealous uses of capitol punishment in New York history.
A few minutes later when Haile came to the top of the stairs, Smith shot her as well.
He then dragged her body next to her cousin, and fatally shot her under the chin.
All of the audio and video was recorded by Smiths security system.
He admitted to shooting both teenagers, including the execution shots.
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Robbery was not listed as a motive because little cash had been stolen from either the store or Miranda.
In 2012, Mirandas murder was turned over to the Billings PDs cold case unit.
Mirandas murderer is still unknown, and the case remains unsolved.
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The girls had been suffocated, placed in the woods, and covered with a green blanket.
Winifred had been shot in the chest and head, and Elmo had presumably shot himself.
Avery had been released just two years prior for a wrongful rape/murder conviction.
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This was the last day Teresa Halbach would be seen alive.
5 days later Teresas Rav4 would be found concealed on the Avery property.
Bloodstains on the interior matched Averys DNA.
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On November 11th Steven Avery was arrested for the murder, sexual assault, and mutilation of a corpse.
In December of 2015 Netflix released a documentary series titledMaking a Murdererfocused on the case.
Despite numerous appeals and petitions, Avery remains in prison.
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Thanksgiving dinner at the Sitton household in 2009 seemed like any other holiday.
He was overheard muttering, I have been waiting 20 years to do this, during the rampage.
Hed been laying low in the Florida Keys, living off of the $12,000 hed withdrawn before Thanksgiving.
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Merhige accepted a deal and plead guilty to the murders so that avoid the death penalty.
He was sentenced to 7 life terms in 2011.
The family was attacked while preparing dinner that evening on November 4th.
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And after the murders Julies body was mutilated, then cleaned, then posed.
The case bore stunning similarities to Rollings other crimes (stabbing, posing of the bodies, etc).
And there was written communication from Rolling describing details about the Grissom murder that only the killer would know.
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Rolling was executed by lethal injection in 2006.
All of the girls had first and last names that started with the same letter.
Carmen Colon, Michelle Maenza, and Wanda Walkowicz.
Despite hundreds of people being questioned, no one was ever formally charged with the crimes.
The victims all also had first and last names that started with the same letter.
The Alphabet murders are still unsolved today.
However after leaving her home that night, Carolyn vanished.
When she didnt come back that evening her parents were worried and went looking for her.
The following morning, an engineer on a train coming back to Baltimore noticed something odd on the tracks.
It was Carolyns body.
Her skirt and shoes were missing, and written in lipstick on her right thigh was a namePaul.
However, Baltimore police say every year around the anniversary theres a spike in interest.
We still get calls generally around the anniversary of the murder.
Shots were fired towards the Presidents limousine as the car turned and made its way down Elm Street.
Oswald claimed he was a patsy and hadnt shot anyone.
