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No one expected the terror that infiltrated this small Appalachian community or the salacious chain of events that preceded it. Sources:

Kentucky New Era: 10/17/81

Lexington Herald: 10/17/81, 10/21/81, 10/22/81, 10/23/81, 10/26/81, 11/10/81, 11/16/82 

Courier Journal: 10/18/30, 6/17/30, 10/17/81,10/20/81, 4/4/83, 4/6/83, 4/12/83, 4/13/83, 4/23/83, 1/10/86, 3/21/86, 5/21/89 

Lexington Herald Leader:10/18/81, 10/19/81, 10/20/81, 10/21/81, 4/7/83, 4/12/83, 1/10/86, 5/21/89

The Messenger: 4/8/83 

United Press International: 10/17/81, 10/18/1981 

The Owensboro Messenger: 11/12/29

Messenger Inquirer: 11/12/29 

The State Journal: 4/24/30

Bevins V Commonwealth 1986

https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/bevins-v-com-no-895480341

Hunt V Commonwealth 1930

https://casetext.com/case/hunt-v-commonwealth-6?q=%22Jonah%20Hunt%22%201930&sort=relevance&p=1&type=case&tab=keyword&jxs=

Find-a-grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42357847/william_oakie_bevins

https://myappalachianlife.blogspot.com/2018/11/mass-murder-in-allen-kentucky-1981.html


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