Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant
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Some people lasted longer than others, but most of the time, almost in every single time, eventually he would intimidate enough of the witnesses that the cases would fall apart.
And that is how he became what Crime Library referred to as this Teflon coated hick.
Yeah, absolutely.
Like he shot a guy in the stomach in July of 1976, a guy named Romaine Henry.
And yes, you heard me right.
He's a farmer.
Spelled exactly like the lettuce.
Was he named after the lettuce?
Because was he a lettuce farmer?
I don't know.
Did they farm lettuce in Missouri?
They did in Yuma, Arizona.
I think just for the sake of this story, yes, he absolutely was a Romaine lettuce farmer.
His parents raised him to be one.
And named him after that lettuce.
So he was shot in the stomach with a shotgun, was not killed and got away with it.
He, you know, in the documentary, like Romaine Henry pulls up his shirt and he's like, here's where he shot me.
And.
Court witnesses, he, you know, like you said earlier, he was one of his side hustles was raising and training and selling hunting dogs.
And he was well liked by some people, like the people that he dealt with, with these hunting dogs, other crimey type people liked him.