Escaped prisoner Gene Leroy Hart was charged with murdering the three Girl Scouts but was acquitted after a three week trial. I took this photo of Hart as he was being led from the Mayes County jail to the courthouse in March 1979.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
THE GIRL SCOUT MURDERS
Oklahoma's most infamous "cold case," the "Girl Scout Murders," has once again been in the news. After 30 years additional DNA testing was conducted, but results were "inconclusive." The current District Attorney's press release discusses results of the testing. Additional articles about the case and testing are available here, here, here, here, here and here. A slideshow of photos by The Daily Oklahoman is available here.
Escaped prisoner Gene Leroy Hart was charged with murdering the three Girl Scouts but was acquitted after a three week trial. I took this photo of Hart as he was being led from the Mayes County jail to the courthouse in March 1979.
Escaped prisoner Gene Leroy Hart was charged with murdering the three Girl Scouts but was acquitted after a three week trial. I took this photo of Hart as he was being led from the Mayes County jail to the courthouse in March 1979.
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Did you attend the trial?
To Anonymous: Yes, I was a student at OK State and was able to attend quite a bit of the jury selection and trial.
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