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Trucker acquitted in death at minister funeral
A jury acquitted 36 year old Robert Lewis Burns of murder by insanity in the killing of Rev. W M Maxwell during his stepdaughter Shirley Ellingtons funeral. The case linked to rumors of voodoo and past family deaths remains unsolved with several relatives dying under mysterious circumstances.
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Alexander City
Ala
Robert Lewis Burns
W. M
Willie” Maxwell
Burns
Shirley Ann Ellington
Tom Rodney
Maxwell
Shirley Ellington
Alfonso Murphy
Murphy