Six Inches Deeper: The Disappearance of Hellen Hanks

Author:   William Rawlings
Publisher:   Mercer University Press
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9780881467338


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 March 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Six Inches Deeper: The Disappearance of Hellen Hanks


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"On August 31, 1972, Hellen Hanks, a pretty thirty-four-year-old mother of three disappeared from her place of employment at Wilcox Advertising in Valdosta, Georgia. After a brief investigation by local and state authorities, the case went cold. In the fall of 1980, a farmer clearing a field south of town discovered a buried object, a box containing the dismembered remains of the missing woman. After several months of investigation, police arrested """"Foxy"""" Wilcox, his son Keller Wilcox, and two long-term African American employees of Wilcox Advertising. Keller was charged with Hanks's murder, and the others with concealing a death. The Wilcoxes were members of a prominent and wealthy Valdosta family. To defend their case, they hired famed defense attorney Bobby Lee Cook. Keller Wilcox's murder trial in January 1982 pitted Cook against a local prosecution team led by district attorney Lamar Cole. The case against Wilcox was entirely circumstantial, making the outcome uncertain. After a trial marked by controversy and conflicting testimony, Wilcox was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, all the while proclaiming his innocence. In 1985 he was freed by a federal judge based primarily on the harsh interrogation of the black witnesses. The true story of this horrific murder has all the elements of a work of suspense fiction: money, power, sex, race, and the haves vs. the have-nots. Multiple lives were forever changed. The outcome would have been totally different if the box had been buried only six inches deeper."

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Author:   William Rawlings
Publisher:   Mercer University Press
Imprint:   Mercer University Press
ISBN:  

9780881467338


ISBN 10:   0881467332
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 March 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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"A prolific author of """"Southern stories,"""" William Rawlings, lives on the family farm in Sandersville, Georgia. He was educated at Emory, Tulane, and Johns Hopkins Universities. Six Inches Deeper is his tenth book, and fourth work of nonfiction."

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