Sisters Carla Atkins & Vickie Stout go for gum & crackers, found in shallow graves

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Vickie Stout and Carla Sue Atkins were half-sisters.

The teens, who were extremely close with each other, share the same mother. were very close. The girls walked to a combination bait shop, restaurant, and convenience store called "The Furnace" to pick up some snacks. Witnesses report seeing the girls talking to someone in a blue pickup truck. That’s the last time anyone has seen the sisters.

In the days that followed, local law enforcement labeled the sisters as runaways. A hiker then called the police after smelling a foul odor.

Deputies discovered the girls’ bodies about 75 feet apart, along with shotgun shells and a light blue stain found on a tree. The autopsy revealed a shotgun killed the girls, but their bodies were too decomposed to reveal if they’d been sexually assaulted.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Trish Gordon - Sister of Vickie Stout and half-sister of Carla Atkins
Amelia Courtney - Working with Trish, Co-host of the Podcast, “Murder At Land Between The Lakes;" Facebook: Murder At Land Between Lakes
Karra Porter - Attorney, Co-founder of the Cold Case Coalition; Instagram: @ColdCaseCoalition
Dr. Shari Schwartz – Forensic Psychologist (Specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Author: “Criminal Behavior” and “Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology;” Twitter: @TrialDoc"
Chris McDonough – Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective; Host of YouTube channel: “The Interview Room”
Dr. Tim Gallagher – Medical Examiner State of Florida; Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine; Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference
Toby Wolson – Forensic Consultant Specializing in DNA, Serology, and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Levi Page - Crimeonline.com Investigative Reporter

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace. Crowa Atkins just 14 years old.
0:17.0	Vicky Stout, just 16. Think about it. That's the age of my twins.
0:27.0	Carl Atkins 14, Vicky Stout, 16.
0:35.0	Gunshot Woons to the heads.
0:41.5	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at
0:46.4	Sirius XM 111. Take a listen to this. A few weeks later on October 5th hikers were in this area called land between the
0:57.8	lakes where they smell an odor that's when they contacted the sheriff's
1:02.0	department where deputies discovered the girls' bodies.
1:06.0	You are hearing our friends at Fox 17 and right now I'm going to go to a special guest joining us.
1:14.0	This is Vicky and Carla's sister, Trish Gordon.
1:20.0	Trish, thank you for being with us.
1:22.0	Thank you for having me. Trish, thank you for being with us. Thank you for having me.
1:23.2	Trish, do you remember when you learned Vicky and Carla were missing?
1:29.6	Yes, ma'am.
1:30.8	I was living in the next county over about 30 minutes away. I was at work that evening and my brother Roger called me.
1:41.0	It was just starting to get dark outside and he said mom wanted me to call and tell
1:46.0	you that Carlin Vicky walked to the store up the road and they haven't come home.
1:53.8	Have you, have they been over there, you know, have you seen them?
1:56.6	I'm like, no, I'm like, surely they'll be home later.
1:59.4	To which store were they walking?
2:00.8	It was a little convenient store at the top of the hill from where they lived, the
2:05.0	the furnace. Let me ask you a question. How far away was the furnace from where they lived?
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