NewMom2003
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That's appalling about the sheriff. :furious:
His name sounded familiar to me so I googled it. Now I know where I'd heard it before.
As sheriff, Metts earned national recognition in 1985, when he led the largest manhunt in South Carolina history. He coordinated a law enforcement taskforce that included three state agencies and the FBI in the search for serial killer Larry Gene Bell, who kidnapped and later killed two girls in Lexington and Richland counties. Bell was captured after a two-month manhunt. Bell was later convicted of murder and received a death sentence, which was carried out in 1996. The case was the subject of a made-for-television movie, Nightmare in Columbia County, which first aired in 1991. The case was also featured in the book Mindhunter, written by former FBI agent John Douglas who pioneered psychological profiling in the United States.
http://www.lex-co.com/sheriff/Sheriff.aspx
His name sounded familiar to me so I googled it. Now I know where I'd heard it before.
As sheriff, Metts earned national recognition in 1985, when he led the largest manhunt in South Carolina history. He coordinated a law enforcement taskforce that included three state agencies and the FBI in the search for serial killer Larry Gene Bell, who kidnapped and later killed two girls in Lexington and Richland counties. Bell was captured after a two-month manhunt. Bell was later convicted of murder and received a death sentence, which was carried out in 1996. The case was the subject of a made-for-television movie, Nightmare in Columbia County, which first aired in 1991. The case was also featured in the book Mindhunter, written by former FBI agent John Douglas who pioneered psychological profiling in the United States.
http://www.lex-co.com/sheriff/Sheriff.aspx