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Millington and Tennessee is located just north of the bright lights of Memphis. It was founded in the

1770s and named after George Millington, a generous landowner who donated part of his property to help build the

school. Because of the fertile soil and location near Memphis, it slowly grew as a farming community.

Then in the 1880s, the railroad came. It was a ribbon of steel that connected Millington to the outside world. It brought

with it opportunity, growth and change. But the most transformative moment came in 1941. World

War II was swirling in the US Navy established the naval air station, Memphis, in Millington.

It quickly became the lifeblood of the town as its biggest employer.

Thousands of Navy personnel were trained here.

By the 1980s, Millington had grown into a small but busing suburb.

There were strip malls, schools, churches on every corner.

The streets were lined with pickup trucks and tidy lawns. It was home to working class

families, military transplants and long-time locals who remembered when the town had only

one stoplight. And while Millington had its own share of problems, just like any other town, violent crime wasn't really something that people worried about.

It was seen as a safe and peaceful place to live.

But that piece was shattered on the afternoon of the 27th of June, 1987.

It was just after 3pm at the Hewassee Apartments, a rent-subsidised complex on the south-west side of town.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Nancy Wilson, the resident manager of the complex, was inside her unit on the first floor.

Hers was a quiet job, mostly maintenance calls and rent collection.

That afternoon had been uneventful, until Nancy heard a loud thud coming from the apartment

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