Episode 49 - The Story of the Mecklenburg Six - Escape from Death Row Part 1

In this episode we detail the crimes of four of the six escapees from the Mecklenburg Correctional Center Death Row in May of 1984.

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Lem Tuggle

Earl Clanton, Jr.

Willie Leroy Jones

Derick Lynn Peterson

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t1/tuggle-lem-davis.htm

https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1984/840486-1-0.html

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https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1996/rt9612/961213/12130100.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/clanton-earl.htm

https://www.bencarloscleary.com/death-in-the-spring

https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j1/jones-willie-leroy.htm

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19920916-1992-09-16-9209160131-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/10/11/killing-me-softly-with-his-song/3a409322-52b0-4d1c-96f2-a29f13366632/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/09/16/slayer-says-goodbye-smiling/7e71db5e-6927-42b7-be0b-48c4613650f7/

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