In 1928 and 1929, two men named Sterling T. Dunn and Van Skelton were shot and killed in the course of “lover's lane” robberies in Memphis, Tennessee. After a series of false leads and rather unlikely coincidences, the murders were finally solved after several months.
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SOURCES
Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 11, 1928.
“Identify Floater as Murdered Fireman.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 22, 1929.
“McCaslin 'Soldiered' While Family Mourned Him as Dead.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, May 13, 1929.
“Murder List Growing.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 26, 1929.
“Mystery Note Now Enters Dunn Slaying.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 10, 1928.
“Mystery Surrounds Murder on Parkway.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 7, 1928.
“Negroes' Confessions Clear Roadside Deaths.” Chattanooga Daily Times, October 12, 1929.
“Police Closing in on Murder Witness.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 8, 1928.
“Police to Renew Quiz of Skelton Suspect.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 11, 1929.
“Sheriff's Force Idle in Probe of Murder.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 5, 1929.
“Two Admit Slaying of Skelton and Dunn.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 12, 1929.
“Woman is Held in Murder of Fireman.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 23, 1929.
“Woman Named Hazel Still Evades Capture.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 9, 1928.
Maddox, Myrtle. “My Escape from the Ghost Grove Terror.” True Detective Mysteries, September, 1930.
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