Coley McCraney: The Preacher Exposed by DNA After 20 Years
On a summer night in 1999, 17-year-old best friends J.B. Beasley and Tracy Howlett got lost in Ozark, Alabama, stopping at a gas station to call home and ask for directions. They never made it back; the next afternoon, their abandoned car was discovered with both girls shot to death inside the trunk, leaving behind cash, jewelry, and a baffling crime scene. For two decades, the case went cold as false confessions and dead-end leads tormented their families, while the real killer lived just a mile away—preaching at a local church, raising a family, and walking free without a criminal record…
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