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Tragic end tied to enigmatic drifter Guatney
Guatney, a polite itinerant livestock handler with a fondness for trains, faced Lincoln Nebraska murder arraignment for the 1975 deaths of Jacob Lurber, 12, and Jon Simpson, 33, after being linked to the Topeka case of Jack Hanrahan, 12. He showed a dual nature, claiming two personas, and had a history of drifting between shows and towns.
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Springfield
Wiliam
Guatney
Trias
Joan
Geatney
Lancaster ‘County
Lincoln
Ned Hete
Nebraska
Schmidt
Jacob Lurber
Jon Simpson
Topeka
Kan
Jack Hanrahan
Royer
Bill