On a cold day in January of 1980, the quiet community of Mars Hill, Alabama, was rocked by a brutal crime that would leave a lasting scar on the small, rural area. On January 3rd, Verlin Roberts returned to the century-old farmhouse she shared with her siblings to discover a horrific scene. Inside, she found her 64-year-old sister, Floy I. V. Roberts, and her sister, Mae Bell Roberts, age 77, shot to death on the floor. Another brother, James Columbus “Lum” Roberts, 79, who was bedridden wit
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