Casper Wyoming is a quiet town. But in 1973, it was marred by an horrific crime. Two girls, sisters - Becky Thompson and Amy Burridge - were snatched off the street, attacked and driven 35 miles to an iron bridge over Fremont Canyon. Then the two men that took them threw them over.
But one of the girls survived the 112 foot fall and identified Ronald Kennedy and Jerry Jenkins as the men who attacked them. Still, tragedy would follow her.
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Casper Wyoming is a quiet town. But in 1973, it was marred by an horrific crime. Two girls, sisters - Becky Thompson and Amy Burridge - were snatched off the street, attacked and driven 35 miles to an iron bridge over Fremont Canyon. Then the two men that took them threw them over.
But one of the girls survived the 112 foot fall and identified Ronald Kennedy and Jerry Jenkins as the men who attacked them. Still, tragedy would follow her.
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Sources:
Ron Franscell, The Darkest Night (New York: St Martin's Press, 1997) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkest-Night-Sisters-Brutal-Innocence/dp/0312948468/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=CGWK2D5CPPWB&keywords=The+Darkest+Night%3A+Two+Sisters%2C+a+Brutal+Murder%2C+and+the+Loss+of+Innocence+in+a+Small+Town&qid=1557251413&s=gateway&sprefix=play+do%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1-fkmrnull)
Wyoming Offender Locator record: http://wdoc-loc.wyo.gov/Home/Detail/?id=21339&dbType=WCIS
Keryn Donnelly, “In 1973, Becky Thompson was brutally attacked on a bridge,” 19 years later she died there” from Mamamia.com.au https://www.mamamia.com.au/true-crime-stories-becky-thomson/ (16 September 2018)
John E. Yang, “A crime's lasting wounds” from The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/08/13/a-crimes-lasting-wounds/f4cd227d-d5dc-422f-bf3c-99ccbcd5ad3b/?utm_term=.d43c95e2822c (13 August 1992)
Furman v Georgia 408 U.S. 238 (1972) -access it here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia
Furman Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia
Gregg v Georgia Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_v._Georgia
“Innocence Lost” Youtube Documentary by Wold Gang of Wyoming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1lWMN-JbEw (15 October 2016)
“Casper killers re-sentenced” in The Casper Star Tribune 85th year, no. 92 April 2nd 1977 (p. 1)
Joan Barron, “Kennedy loses another court battle” in The Casper Star Tribune 11th October 1977 (p. A12)
Kathie Magers, “ Prosecutor addresses trial jury” in The Casper Star Tribune 25th April 1974 (p. 29)
Kathie Magers, “ Girl points finger at pair accused of murder, rape” in The Casper Star Tribune 25th April 1974 (p. 1)
Kathie Magers, “ FBI testers take murder trial stand” in The Casper Star Tribune 26th April 1974 (p. 1)
Kathie Magers, “ Arresting officers testify at trial of Kennedy-Jenkins” in The Casper Star Tribune 26th April 1974 (p. 15)
“Court strikes down death penalty” in The Casper Star Tribune 28th January 1977 (p. 1)
Casper Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper,_Wyoming
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