In the fall of 1977, a palpable sense of fear gripped the city of Columbus, Georgia, as a series of brutal attacks began against elderly women. One of the victims in this terrifying crime spree was Florence Scheible, an 89-year-old white woman. Nearly blind and reliant on a walker to move about her home, she was among the most vulnerable residents of the community. On October 21, 1977, her life was violently taken, a tragedy that would remain officially unsolved for years, leaving a community on
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