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Six Inches Deeper - The Disappearance of Hellen Hanks (Paperback)
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Six Inches Deeper - The Disappearance of Hellen Hanks (Paperback)
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On August 31, 1972, Hellen Hanks, a pretty thirty-four-year-old
mother of three disappeared from her place of employment at Wilcox
Advertising in Valdosta, Georgia. After a brief investigation by
local and state authorities, the case went cold. In the fall of
1980, a farmer clearing a field south of town discovered a buried
object, a box containing the dismembered remains of the missing
woman. After several months of investigation, police arrested
""Foxy"" Wilcox, his son Keller Wilcox, and two long-term African
American employees of Wilcox Advertising. Keller was charged with
Hanks's murder, and the others with concealing a death. The
Wilcoxes were members of a prominent and wealthy Valdosta family.
To defend their case, they hired famed defense attorney Bobby Lee
Cook. Keller Wilcox's murder trial in January 1982 pitted Cook
against a local prosecution team led by district attorney Lamar
Cole. The case against Wilcox was entirely circumstantial, making
the outcome uncertain. After a trial marked by controversy and
conflicting testimony, Wilcox was convicted and sentenced to life
in prison, all the while proclaiming his innocence. In 1985 he was
freed by a federal judge based primarily on the harsh interrogation
of the black witnesses. The true story of this horrific murder has
all the elements of a work of suspense fiction: money, power, sex,
race, and the haves vs. the have-nots. Multiple lives were forever
changed. The outcome would have been totally different if the box
had been buried only six inches deeper.
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Imprint: |
Mercer University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2020 |
Authors: |
William Rawlings
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Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-88146-733-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
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LSN: |
0-88146-733-2 |
Barcode: |
9780881467338 |
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