In the town of Athens, Alabama, the name Benton McLemore is tied to two separate and tragic deaths, decades apart, each leaving a somber mark on the community. One was a dedicated law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty, the other a man who became a victim of the dangerous world of drug informants.
The first story unfolds on a spring day in 1969. Lieutenant Benton Wilson McLemore, a 56-year-old officer with the Athens Police Department, was responding to a call to check on the
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