26: Buried Alive and Killed for Cash | The Heartbreaking Story of Carol and Reggie Sumner

Imagine reuniting with your high school crush decades later and finally getting the love story you always wondered about. That was Carol and Reggie Sumner’s second chance. After surviving abusive pasts and years of heartbreak, they found each other again and built a quiet life together in Florida. But in the summer of 2005, their fresh start turned into a nightmare. What began as a trusted friend’s plan to get some quick cash turned into a betrayal so cruel it still haunts this case to this day. What happened to Carol and Reggie was not just murder, it was something far more disturbing…
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