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Collection: Mysteries, True Crime, and more of Turner County

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Guilty of Murder: Miles Cribb Convicted in Ashburn of Murdering his Mother-in-Law

Tags: Ashburn, Mary Ann Willis Hancock (1850-1913), Miles Lee Cribb (1882-1914), Rebecca, Viola Leona Hancock Cribb (1885-1962)

Inquest Set for Monday Slayings

Tags: Ashburn, Helen Gladys Pirkle Kennedy (1916-1964), Robert Egbert Morgan

Lab Report Waited in Dual Shooting

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Helen Glady Pirkle Kennedy (1916-1964), Robert Egbert Morgan

Rioting Quieted in Georgia Town After Killing of Escaped Prisoner

Tags: Ashburn, John Iverson Youngblood Jr. (1920-2006), Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Jackson, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Samuel Brown, Scotty Joe Ireland

50 National Guardsmen Join in Search for Killer

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), John R. West, Little River, Roy Wright (1912-1992), William F. Hughes

Ashburn Man Facing Trial

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William F. Hughes

Convicted Farm Worker to Face Trial for Incest

Tags: Ashburn, Hugh Wilson, Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), Turner County Superior Court, William F. Hughes

Daughter Captures, Father Slay Fugitive, Surrenders

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), Turner County Jail, William F. Hughes

Farm Worker Convicted By Jury in Incest Case

Re: baby born in November 1957 and died in June 1958. Buried in the yard in a dresser drawer.

Helen admitted that in addition to her father, she had had sexual relations with five other men.

Tags: Aline Priest Sumner (1925-1998), Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), John Rogers, Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Mrs. Ed Williams, Roy Wright (1912-1992), William F. Hughes

Farmer Faces Slay, Incest Court Trials

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Farmer Wright Gets Incest Term Also

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Georgian Gets 20 Years in Slaying; Faces Incest Trial in Turner County

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Hounds Used in Slay Chase Near Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), John R. West, Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Invest Charge Develops in Ashburn Slay Probe

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Invest Trail Gets Under Way

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Jury Convicts Slayer On Charges of Incest

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Lawman Sight Swamp Quarry Friday but Killer Fugitive Slips Away

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Man Hunted in Death of 'Peeping Tom'

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

40 Hunt Slayer in 'Peeper' Case

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Police Department, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), John R. West, Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Little River, Roy Thompson, Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Peeping Tom Slayer Gets Twenty Years

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Posse Pushes Manhunt for 19-Bullet Slayer

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Police Department, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Thompson, Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Farm Hand is Convicted on Manslaughter Charge

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Charles V. Perry (1912-1988), Felton McCants, George Pate, Hugh Wilson, Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951), Woodrow Goss

End of Five-Day Search

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Turner Farmer is on Trial for Shotgun Killing

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Hugh Wilson, Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Slay Fugitive, Daughter Hide in Georgia Swamp

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

Reward Posted in Slaying

Tags: Delena Houston Shivers (1921-2005), J. Zeekes Shivers (1916-1974), J.Z. Shivers Gro. & Mkt., Rebecca

Businessman Found Dead in Rebecca

Murder of J. Zeekes Shivers, Rebecca business man.

Tags: Delena Houston Shivers (1921-2005), Harold Shivers (1944-2009), J. Zeekes Shivers (1916-1974), J.Z. Shivers Gro. & Mkt., James Douglas “Red” Shivers (1939-1992), Perry Funeral Chapel, Rebecca, Rebecca-Waterloo Highway, Shivers Oil Co., Tom Shivers, Turner County Sheriff's Department, Virginia Faye Shivers Wilson (1941-2023)

Carter Offers Reward

Tags: Delena Houston Shivers (1921-2005), J. Zeekes Shivers (1916-1974), J.Z. Shivers Gro. & Mkt., Rebecca

Shooting Believed Murder

Tags: Delena Houston Shivers (1921-2005), J. Zeekes Shivers (1916-1974), J.Z. Shivers Gro. & Mkt., Rebecca

Zeke Shivers Services Sunday

Tags: Delena Houston Shivers (1921-2005), J. Zeekes Shivers (1916-1974), J.Z. Shivers Gro. & Mkt., James Douglas “Red” Shivers (1939-1992), Live Oak Cemetery, Perry Funeral Chapel, Rebecca, Rebecca Methodist Church, Shivers Oil Co., Tom Shivers, Turner County Sheriff's Department, Virginia Faye Shivers Wilson (1941-2023), William Harold Shivers (1944-2009)

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