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On October 15, 1989, in McCalla, Alabama, Acie Worthy, 67, and his wife, Carolyn, 54, were murdered. As they returned home from church that Sunday evening, gunmen ambushed the couple in their driveway. The killers then dragged Acie and Carolyn into the residence and set it on fire.
They were in the process of building a 10,000 square foot house, and had been living in a rental home.
Acie had fought in World War II, and served as an officer for the Bessemer Veterans of Foreign Wars, while Carolyn was director of the Lakeview Baptist Church choir. Relatives said she sometimes wore jewelry worth more than $50,000.
The killer stole jewelry and cash from the Alabama couple, but left other valuable items.
Ballistic and other evidence linked the Acie and Carolyn's deaths to homicides of a wealthy Graceville, FL couple nine months earlier. Robert and Kathryn McRae were shot execution-style in a similar home-invasion robbery. Two ski masks were found at their home in northwest Florida, suggesting that at least two people were responsible. A reward of more than $200,000 is still available for information leading to an arrest. The bullets used in the crime were 124 grain, 9mm, Israeli T.Z.Z. cartridges.
Because of the evidence, authorities are certain the murders are linked. Several agencies, including the FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation have worked the cases. Investigators say they've eliminated the possibility of "contract" killers. They believe that more than one person committed the crimes. Detectives also claim to have unreleased incontrovertible evidence the four murders were committed by the same people.
Police believe the murderers planned the crimes in meticulous detail. (Four months earlier, an unidentified man dressed in camouflage clothing had been spotted watching the Worthy home with a scope.)
They were in the process of building a 10,000 square foot house, and had been living in a rental home.
Acie had fought in World War II, and served as an officer for the Bessemer Veterans of Foreign Wars, while Carolyn was director of the Lakeview Baptist Church choir. Relatives said she sometimes wore jewelry worth more than $50,000.
The killer stole jewelry and cash from the Alabama couple, but left other valuable items.
Ballistic and other evidence linked the Acie and Carolyn's deaths to homicides of a wealthy Graceville, FL couple nine months earlier. Robert and Kathryn McRae were shot execution-style in a similar home-invasion robbery. Two ski masks were found at their home in northwest Florida, suggesting that at least two people were responsible. A reward of more than $200,000 is still available for information leading to an arrest. The bullets used in the crime were 124 grain, 9mm, Israeli T.Z.Z. cartridges.
Because of the evidence, authorities are certain the murders are linked. Several agencies, including the FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation have worked the cases. Investigators say they've eliminated the possibility of "contract" killers. They believe that more than one person committed the crimes. Detectives also claim to have unreleased incontrovertible evidence the four murders were committed by the same people.
Police believe the murderers planned the crimes in meticulous detail. (Four months earlier, an unidentified man dressed in camouflage clothing had been spotted watching the Worthy home with a scope.)
On October 15, 1989, in McCalla, Alabama, Acie Worthy, 67, and his wife, Carolyn, 54, were murdered. As they returned home from church that Sunday evening, gunmen ambushed the couple in their driveway. The killers then dragged Acie and Carolyn into the residence and set it on fire.
They were in the process of building a 10,000 square foot house, and had been living in a rental home.
Acie had fought in World War II, and served as an officer for the Bessemer Veterans of Foreign Wars, while Carolyn was director of the Lakeview Baptist Church choir. Relatives said she sometimes wore jewelry worth more than $50,000.
The killer stole jewelry and cash from the Alabama couple, but left other valuable items.
Ballistic and other evidence linked the Acie and Carolyn's deaths to homicides of a wealthy Graceville, FL couple nine months earlier. Robert and Kathryn McRae were shot execution-style in a similar home-invasion robbery. Two ski masks were found at their home in northwest Florida, suggesting that at least two people were responsible. A reward of more than $200,000 is still available for information leading to an arrest. The bullets used in the crime were 124 grain, 9mm, Israeli T.Z.Z. cartridges.
Because of the evidence, authorities are certain the murders are linked. Several agencies, including the FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation have worked the cases. Investigators say they've eliminated the possibility of "contract" killers. They believe that more than one person committed the crimes. Detectives also claim to have unreleased incontrovertible evidence the four murders were committed by the same people.
Police believe the murderers planned the crimes in meticulous detail. (Four months earlier, an unidentified man dressed in camouflage clothing had been spotted watching the Worthy home with a scope.)
They were in the process of building a 10,000 square foot house, and had been living in a rental home.
Acie had fought in World War II, and served as an officer for the Bessemer Veterans of Foreign Wars, while Carolyn was director of the Lakeview Baptist Church choir. Relatives said she sometimes wore jewelry worth more than $50,000.
The killer stole jewelry and cash from the Alabama couple, but left other valuable items.
Ballistic and other evidence linked the Acie and Carolyn's deaths to homicides of a wealthy Graceville, FL couple nine months earlier. Robert and Kathryn McRae were shot execution-style in a similar home-invasion robbery. Two ski masks were found at their home in northwest Florida, suggesting that at least two people were responsible. A reward of more than $200,000 is still available for information leading to an arrest. The bullets used in the crime were 124 grain, 9mm, Israeli T.Z.Z. cartridges.
Because of the evidence, authorities are certain the murders are linked. Several agencies, including the FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Georgia Bureau of Investigation have worked the cases. Investigators say they've eliminated the possibility of "contract" killers. They believe that more than one person committed the crimes. Detectives also claim to have unreleased incontrovertible evidence the four murders were committed by the same people.
Police believe the murderers planned the crimes in meticulous detail. (Four months earlier, an unidentified man dressed in camouflage clothing had been spotted watching the Worthy home with a scope.)
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