Back in the ‘60s, there was a local ice cream parlor in our sleepy little southern US town. The parents took us there every Sunday night after dinner. One weekday evening, the 19 and 20 year old female clerks were closing up business for the day, when the shop was robbed, and the two girls were murdered.
The case became quite sensational. The town’s citizens wanted the killer found. The police arrested a questionable eccentric, young local man, who was put on trial and acquitted for a lack of evidence.
Move forward 40 years. A woman diagnosed with a terminal illness was arrested and charged for the double homicide, based upon information revealed by a witness who finally stepped forward. The two murdered women were sisters-in-law. The husband of one and the couple’s daughter, who was two at the time of the murders, attended the hearing. They said that it finally brought about a sense of closure.