Susan Spencer

The gun is similar to the one used by the killer, loaded with the same type of 3-inch shells and the same type of buckshot.

The gun is similar to the one used by the killer, loaded with the same type of 3-inch shells and the same type of buckshot.

The gun is similar to the one used by the killer, loaded with the same type of 3-inch shells and the same type of buckshot.

Given the close range, Linda, too, probably would have died instantly had she not turned her head at the moment of impact.

Given the close range, Linda, too, probably would have died instantly had she not turned her head at the moment of impact.

Given the close range, Linda, too, probably would have died instantly had she not turned her head at the moment of impact.

But almost as if the power of those shotgun blasts wasn't enough, the gunman next drenched the entire house in gasoline. A lot of gasoline.

But almost as if the power of those shotgun blasts wasn't enough, the gunman next drenched the entire house in gasoline. A lot of gasoline.

But almost as if the power of those shotgun blasts wasn't enough, the gunman next drenched the entire house in gasoline. A lot of gasoline.

You could even smell it from the road.

You could even smell it from the road.

You could even smell it from the road.

You had gasoline on your clothes?

You had gasoline on your clothes?

You had gasoline on your clothes?

But the killer never set the gas ablaze, perhaps panicking when he heard Linda's desperate call to 911.

But the killer never set the gas ablaze, perhaps panicking when he heard Linda's desperate call to 911.

But the killer never set the gas ablaze, perhaps panicking when he heard Linda's desperate call to 911.

News of the murders spread quickly in this rural southern community, and so did fear. They must have thought a killer was out in the woods.

News of the murders spread quickly in this rural southern community, and so did fear. They must have thought a killer was out in the woods.