Curious Connections

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This file appears in: Lake Waco Murders

Dennis Baier, a former Waco Police Officer, recalls the uniqueness of the 1982 murder case. Such a violent crime without a clear suspect did not often occur in McLennan County. Here, he wonders if detectives should have pursued different lines of inquiry at the time of the investigation.

This file appears in: Lake Waco Murders

By Allie Roberts
On a muggy, Texas summer night in 1982, tragedy struck. Three Waxahachie teenagers—Raylene Rice, Jill Montgomery, and Kenneth Franks—were murdered in Speegleville Park, near Lake Waco, on July thirteenth. In the following months, a complex criminal…