Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label crime of the century.

But the stories that made headlines in decades past are necessarily remembered today.

I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author.

In each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe less known today, but

was huge when it happened.

This is crimes of the centuries.

For residents of Emporia, Kansas in 1983, news that one of their own had been gunned

down in a roadside robbery was shocking enough.

But the way that it had happened, with the victim's wife and four daughters looking

helplessly on, made it so much worse.

Marty Anderson wasn't necessarily the most beloved man in all of Emporia, but he was

known as a gregarious guy, a churchgoer who was truly devoted to his girls, if not so

much his wife.

There had always been rumors about trouble on that front, but nothing so outrageous

is to warrant such a brutal ending.

Anderson had been coming from Manhattan, Kansas, back home to Emporia when Lorna, his wife,

suddenly felt ill and pulled over to throw up on the side of the road.

In her nauseated haste, she'd grab the keys from the ignition, drop the mischivomited,

and called for Marty to help her find them in the brush.

A masked man appeared and demanded Marty's wallet.

Lorna's pastor relayed what happened next to a newspaper reporter.

The Reverend Tom Bird said, quote, the man went berserk, shooting.

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