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This episode contains description of violence against women, murder, and sexual assault.

If you haven't done so already, please listen to last week's episode. It was part one

of our look at the high ice cream murder case.

As a refresher, Connie Hevener and Carolyn Perry, two young employees at the highs in

Stanton, Virginia, were found shot to death in the back of the store in 1967. Police focused

their investigation on William Thomas, a witness who admitted he lied about what he had

seen on the night of the murders. They ultimately charged him with one of the killings, but he

was acquitted. Yet he knew that if they found more evidence, they could always charge him

with the other murder. Let's go back in time to just before the murders,

sometime in spring of 1967. A woman named Joyce Fielding went out for burgers with a woman

who then went by the name of Diane Crawford. Diane worked at the hospital as a nurse's

aide, and she also held down a job at high ice cream shop.

In small town, Virginia of the late 60s, Diane was a bit unusual. Not only did she not

have any boyfriends, but her choice of clothing didn't conform to the era's feminine standards.

In terms of her personality, Diane could be hard to get along with. According to Joyce,

Diane had a bit of a mean side. Now, sitting together in Diane's car, Diane asked Joyce

to look in the glove compartment. Joyce did and saw a gun.

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