Remembering the Hunts

Today, is the 72nd anniversary of the murders of Dr. Roy and Mae Hunt. The date is forever instilled in my heart. I put over five years of hard research and writing into this story, all the way down to interviewing both Hunt daughters. Earlier this year a Texas press requested the full manuscript and…

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Evolution of “Fatal Bullets and the Search for Justice”

Researching, writing and editing a manuscript for a murder is challenging on many levels. However, it’s not easy dealing with even one horrific murder, let alone two murders, especially when the individuals were murdered so brutally. It’s been hard to know how to present this research to gain interest without revealing everything from the book…

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The Hunt Story: Prologue – an excerpt…

The Prologue (An excerpt from “Fatal Bullets and the Search for Justice”) This chapter introduces the foundations for this book and how I came across this story while researching my own family history. I have been asked the question many times, “Why did you become interested in this murder story?”  Normally, a second question follows,…

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The Hunt Story…

  In October 1943 when Dr. Roy and Mae Hunt are found brutally murdered and disturbingly tied in their bed in a West Texas town, two suspects emerged in the slayings, but solving their murders came down to a bungled investigation and weak forensics, even the fatal bullet that took Roy’s life disappeared.  Adding to…

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