Content warning, this episode features discussion of violence against women and murder.

It was getting close to 11 p.m. on April 11, 1967, and it was looking like another quiet night in

Stanton, Virginia. Officers Curtis Horn and David Bulkock made their usual drive around the

area businesses, just checking to make sure there wasn't any trouble in the Shenandoah Valley town.

They passed by Highs Ice Cream, and through the window, noticed a man standing by the catch

register. The authors didn't think much of it, and kept on driving. There was a phone booth nearby,

and there was a young man inside it, apparently on a call with someone. His vehicle was nearby,

parked awkwardly in the traffic lane. The man looked at the police officers as they drove by.

Horn and Bulkock continued their rounds, making the way up and down the sleepy streets. They didn't

see anything unusual or noteworthy. And then they got a call. They needed to get back to Highs

Ice Cream right away. The officers sped back to the ice cream joint. They noticed the young man was

still in the phone booth. From the outside, Highs Ice Cream looked empty, but there was a man

sitting in a car in the lot. He exited his vehicle very slowly. I believe he told the officers,

they have been shot. The officers raced into the shop, passed the front section and into the backroom.

That's when they saw the women. Constance Heavener, 19, and Carolyn Perry, 20.

The two sisters-in-law worked together at Highs, which was managed by Connie's mother.

It was Carolyn's first job, but Connie had previously worked at a coat factory.

The two had become family after Connie married Carolyn's brother, Larry.

And that family was growing. Connie had recently begun to believe she might be pregnant.

Now the two women lay in puddles of their own blood. One of the girls was on her back,

and the other on her side, with one of her arms partially resting in a mop bucket.

The women had each been shot in the head, perhaps while preparing to take the day's

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