Abductors thwarted in bank heist escape bid on highway
In Burlington North Carolina two masked bandits who held a man and four women hostage during a bank robbery attempted to hijack an airplane. A gunbattle on Interstate 85 ended with the bandits surrendering after police blockaded the road injuring an FBI agent and hostages slightly. All occupants were bruised or scratched.
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Burlington
North Carolina
FBI
Greensboro
Here
Indicted Texas family linked to Colorado doughnut shop murder
Three Texas residents Carl Robert Taylor Sherman R McCrary and Carolyn Elizabeth McCrary were indicted by a Colorado grand jury for kidnap rape and murder in the case of 20 year old Leeora Looney who vanished from a Lakewood doughnut shop Aug 20 1971. Looney’s body was found south of the Wyoming border. The trio also faces kidnapping charges tied to a Salt Lake City employee killed in Nevada.
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Denver
Texas
Carl Robert Taylor
Athens
Tex
Sherman R. McCrary
Carolyn Elizabeth McCrary
Duncanville
Taylor
Ginger McCrary Taylor
Leeora Rose Looney
Thornton
Colo
Lakewood
Wyoming
McCrary
California
Salt Lake City
Miss Looney
Nevada
Murder suspect surrenders after hours standoff in Georgia
James Robert McCranie, 29, from Hawkinsville, held police at bay for about four hours in Milledgeville by pointing a loaded .23 caliber pistol at his wife. He surrendered to be driven to a state mental hospital, ending a 24 hour ordeal that began with the killing of his grandfather and the abduction of his sister in law to Florida. He faced charges including murder, robbery, auto theft, and kidnapping.
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Milledgeville, Ga
UPI
James Robert McCranie
Hawkinsville
J. B. Hodges Sr
Georgia State Patrol
Robert Les McCranie
McCranie
Florida
North Georgia
Hilda McCranie
Andrew Hill
Law Details Route From Gainesville To North Georgia
A court record outlines a suspect who drove to Gainesville and then to North Georgia with intent linked to kidnapping his wife from her father’s home, detailing the sequence of travel and alleged actions for the case. The filing notes the element of planned abduction and the involvement of multiple locations as part of the investigation.
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Gainesville
Fila
North Georgia
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