Jury Seeks Death for Slasher
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 12:13 pm
The gothic tale of East Texas preacher David Keith Allen needs nothing but someone jumping off the Tallahatchee Bridge to make it complete. His wife died in a fire and the community rallied to him as he bravely carried on -- until cops charged him with setting the fire and killing his wife while marrying a younger woman.Houston Press has the story.
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Coffee break reading from the Village Voice Empire: Shawanda Robinson was arguing with her boyfriend -- who's also the father of her twin baby girls -- when she decided to introduce fire into the argument. Broward-Palm Beach New Times has the story.
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Bedtime reading from the Village Voice Empire: His girlfriend was trying to kick him out of her home because he wasn't paying any of the bills. Sutherland responded by dousing her in gasoline and attempting to light her on fire, then stabbing her in the chest. Broward-Palm Beach New Times has the story. 
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Afternoon reading from the Village Voice Empire: A grass fire near the family's house was snuffed out, but the next day's second blaze destroyed the place. A seventeen-year-old boy was suspected -- until yet another fire started near the clan's new home. Westword has the story.
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Coffee break reading from the Village Voice Empire: Tommie Ragsdale volunteered to help in the response to one wildfire in parched East Texas. The lonely woman apparently enjoyed the experience so much cops say she set five more blazes. Houston Press has the story.
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Lunchtime reading from the Village Voice Empire. In classic Goodfellas fashion, two Dallas men took out insurance policies worth a collective $1.2 million then damaged and burned down their houses. Because, you know, the insurance companies have never seen that one before. Dallas Observer has the full story. 
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