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On an early summer day in 1935, a mother and daughter picking mayflowers stumbled across a skull. Police soon found three bodies, a woman and two children, all shot in the head, wrapped in a store awning. The remains have never been identified, but intriguing details abound: Police had to station a deputy at the scene to deter souvenir hunters who arrived with scissors to snip off bits of the awning; Harvard professors were called in to try to identify the bodies, and one of the skulls went missing while being shipped to dental conferences. It was a big deal, and Rutland-based Investigator Almo Franzoni of the State’s Attorney’s Office was on the case, identifying but never able to charge suspects.
Join State Archivist Tanya Marshall and Investigator Kris Bowdish of the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office as they follow the work of the original sleuth and catch us up on details that have emerged since. They’ll bring out the twists and turns, trace the leads and dead ends of one of Vermont’s most sensational unsolved murder cases.
Part of the RFL Speaker Series.
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