The SHOCKING case that baffled detectives
As she entered the doorway to the living room, she saw Virgil standing up and then suddenly slump back into his chair. She saw blood, then ran over to him and lifted up his head. When she realized he was dead, she ran to the phone to call police. He also said that he probably is not a veteran because if the man had served in the armed forces for even a year, the maniacal tendencies would be apparent.
In July 1946, a stakeout of a reported stolen car on the Arkansas side led police to a woman who claimed to be Swinney’s girlfriend. She provided details of the murders that had not been released to the public. Subsequently, her story changed, and she married Swinney. Because of the unreliability of her testimony and the fact that she could not be forced to appear as a witness against her husband, law enforcement officials declined to prosecute. In 1947, Youell Swinney was jailed for life as a repeat offender for car theft but was released on appeal in 1973.
They found Jimmy’s trousers, wallet and belongings intact about 100 yards from the parked car. In popular culture, the Texarkana murders became the subject of a feature film of the horror genre, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, released in 1976. The murders have been the subject of a number of books and articles, several television shows, crime documentaries, urban legend series and the like. Larey was helped by a resident and tried to get help for Hollis but he had already left the scene, having been assisted by a passing motorist. When they were interviewed by police, each maintained that they did not know the assailant. Larey said he sounded like an African American due to the way he spoke, whereas Hollis described him as White.
Though Hollis and Larey both survived, the next couple wasn't as lucky. Richard Griffin and Polly Ann Moore, who parked in a similar area but closer to the main road, were brutally shot in the back of the head, execution-style. Dean Corll was a sadistic pedophile True crime books responsible for the murder of at least 28 boys over a span of three years. Some even believe that he may have killed as many as 47, taking car and house keys from each victim as a trophy. There are a lot of duplicates and people reusing the same photos.
Some six months later, Booker’s saxophone was located in some underbrush by two men repairing a fence, surprisingly less than a tenth of a mile from where Booker’s body had been found. However, by that time, yet another attack had occurred. Speculation of Carpenter's disappearance was that the serial killer responsible for the Texarkana Moonlight Murders had murdered her, since she knew three of the victims.
As of October 2015, new interchanges had been completed at the junctions of I-30/US 59, and I-30/I-49. Interstate 49 had been extended south to Shreveport with its northern extension planned into Kansas City along the U.S. Multiple projects were under construction to relieve the strain on local roadways, including continuous access roads and the expansion of area highways and bridges. Texarkana Regional Airport is located inside the northeastern city limits and is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. Texarkana began as a railroad and lumber center, and developed in the 20th century as a regional agricultural processing, retail, wholesale, and service center.
B. Tennison was at his home here the night of May 3, 1946, when one of the "Phantom" killings occurred. Women were afraid to stay at home at night, and many went to hotels. This second murder case aroused statewide indignation. And Texarkana became alarmed and frightened, as well as angry. The case was turned over to the famous "Lone Wolf" of Texas crime detection -- Capt. M. T. Gonzaullas of the Texas Rangers.
She regained consciousness while her mother was taking her to the bathroom and then she fainted again and fell to the floor. She picked her up and put her in the bed before calling a doctor. While waiting for the doctor, Virginia regained consciousness and then fainted again, due to sunstroke.
Bowman claimed to have been in a coma for several weeks. He said he learned about the murder after waking up and felt that he was responsible for it. So, he set out for the west coast, eventually arriving in California and confessing to the police. However, the police felt comfortable taking this lead to the media, away from more outrageous stories about ‘sex freaks’ and ‘perverts’. But it failed to identify any persons of interest in the investigation.
Presley declared that innocent people were being accused of being the Phantom and asked residents to show more consideration for their fellow citizens. Hysteria grew in the days following the murder of Virgil Starks in his home. There was constant media coverage of the increased police activity and the Texarkana Gazette stated on May 5 that the killer might strike again at any moment, at any place, and at anyone. For a week police were inundated with reports of prowlers. One officer stated that nearly all of the alarm was the result of excitement, wild imagination, and near-hysteria. There was some hesitation in linking the Starks murder to the other crimes, because the weapon used was a .22, and Davis believed it was an automatic rifle.
Moore was sprawled out in the back seat of the car; she had been raped and then shot in the head. A bloody patch of land nearby suggested that the couple had been shot outside the car and then placed back inside, ready to be found. Rain had washed away any potential footprints but police found .32 slugs, possibly from a Colt. Following this attack, people realised that a sadistic killer was on the loose in their quaint town. As citizens were reeling from his gruesome murder, they would by rocked another just three weeks later.
They both agreed that he wore a light colored cloth sack on his head with cutouts for his eyes and mouth and that he was around six feet tall, though neither had a clear estimate of his height. "She called herself Virginia. She talked properly, had long brown curly hair that touched her shoulders, and wore a white hat with a feather in it, a striped dress and blue sweater," she wrote. She said while they were eating at a cafe, the girl claimed to have run away. They all departed thinking that she was telling a story. It was not until later they believed that the girl was Carpenter, but the police were unable to substantiate Bass's report.
As in many other instances, reading only the headlines of articles related to H. For example, many headlines claimed or implied that H. B. Tennison had been ruled out as possibly having been the Phantom Killler. Yet, as the comments of Colonel Homer Garrison indicate, H.
In many instances, to understand how these headlines are false or misleading, the reader will need to be familiar with my analysis of the evidence pertaining to H. B. Tennison that I presented at the November 8, 2014 Phantom Killer Forum in Texarkana, Texas. In 1946, a wave of unsolved slaying in the Texarkana area -- there were five in all -- were attributed to a "phantom" killer.