branmuffin
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Found this information that might apply to persons of interest
"In December of 1976, a truck driver named George Lonnie Henry from Wadesboro, NC was stopped in SC for driving under the influence. He had in his possession a stolen gun with a scratched-off serial number that was ultimately determined through ballistics to be the murder weapon. Subsequent interviews and polygraphs yielded mixed results as to whether or not he was the one responsible for their murders. According to George Henry's statement he was a few hours away at the bed-side of his ailing wife at a NC hospital. The chain of custody of the gun remains a mystery as well. George Henry claims that his brother, Jim Henry had given it to him as a gift. "
https://sumtermysterycouple.com/
So, a few months after the murders LE found the weapon they believed was used to kill the couple in the possession of a NC truck driver. It sounds plausible, the couple was traveling and encountered someone who robbed and killed them, then dumped their bodies away from the crime scene. I've always wondered whether they were hitchhiking, considering Jim was wearing white jeans/slacks - not something a guy would wear outdoors, on the highway and in bad weather. He could have pulled a gun on them at a truck stop parking lot or rest area, taken them away to rape the young woman, then robbed them.
Wouldn't the post mortem identify whether the girl had been raped?