Mea pohihihi ʻole: ka nalowale ʻana o Mary Shotwell Little

I ka makahiki 1965, ua hana ʻo Mary Shotwell Little he 25 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo ma ka Citizens & Southern Bank ma Atlanta, Georgia, a ua male iho nei ʻo ia i kāna kāne ʻo Roy Little. Ma ʻOkakopa 14, ua nalowale koke ʻo ia i ʻeono mau pule ma hope o kāna male ʻana, me ka waiho ʻana i kahi ala o nā ʻōuli hoihoi a me nā hōʻailona hōʻoluʻolu iwi. I kēia lā, ʻo ka nalo ʻana o Mary Shotwell Little ka mea i koe o kekahi o nā mea pohihihi kolohe o ka mōʻaukala e hoʻoponopono ʻia ana.

ʻO ka nalowale ʻana o Mary Shotwell Little

Ma ʻOkakopa 14, 1965, ʻoiai kāna kāne ʻo Roy ma waho o ke kaona, ua pāʻina ʻo Mary me kahi hoa hana ma ka Piccadilly Cafeteria ma ka Lenox Square Shopping Center, a laila ua hele ʻo ia i kahi kūʻai no kekahi mau hola, e kono i kāna hoa aloha i ka pō ma kahi o 8: 00 PM, a hele aku i kāna kaʻa i kū ai, kahi hina 1965 Mercury Comet.

I ko Mary hele ʻole ʻana mai no ka hana i ke kakahiaka aʻe a ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia i ka home, ua kelepona aku kona haku, ʻo Gene Rackley, i ka Lenox Square Shopping Center e nīnau inā ua hoʻokau ʻia kāna Mercury Comet ma laila, akā ua ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa.

Ma ke awakea o ke awakea, ua huakaʻi ʻo Rackley iā ia iho a loaʻa ʻo ia ʻo Mercury Comet ma ka wahi kaʻa, no laila ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka mākaʻi. I kēia manawa, nui nā mea kikoʻī e pili ana i ka nalowale ʻana o Mary.

Nā Hōʻike ʻē no ka nalo ʻana o Maria

ʻO nā lole komo o nā wahine, kahi slip a me kahi kāʻei i pelu pono ʻia i loko o ka Comet. E moe ana kahi pāpale ma ka papahele ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi stocking i ʻoki ʻia e ka pahi. ʻAʻole loaʻa nā kī o kā Mary kaʻa, ʻeke a me nā koena o kona lole.

Aia nā mehe o ke koko ma nā kapa komo ma loko a ma loko o ke kaʻa - nā puka aniani, ka aniani, nā noho, me kahi manamana lima ʻike ʻole ʻia i ke koko ma ka hoʻokele. Eia nō naʻe, ua liʻiliʻi ka nui o ke koko e ʻōlelo ai no kekahi mea liʻiliʻi e like me ka nosebleed. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka papa laikini me kekahi kaʻa ʻaihue ʻē aʻe.

Ua mālama ʻo Roy Little i nā loiloi mileage kikoʻī no ka Comet a ma hope o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana iā lākou me ka odometer, ua manaʻo nā mea noiʻi aia he 41 mile i hiki ʻole ke helu ʻia. ʻAʻole i hoʻomanaʻo kekahi mau hōʻike i ka ʻike ʻana o ke kaʻa i kū ma Lenox Square i ka pō, me kahi mākaʻi i mākaʻi i ka wahi kaʻa ma 6:00 o kakahiaka.

Ua ʻike ʻia nā mea noiʻi ua hoʻohana ʻelua mau kāleka ʻaila māla Mary ma North Carolina ma ʻOkakopa 15. ʻO ka hana mua i hana ʻia i ke kakahiaka nui ma Charlotte - ʻo ia ka ʻāina hānau o Mary - a ʻo ka lua ma 12 mau hola ma hope ma Raleigh. Ua kau inoa ʻia nā pā hōʻaiʻē “Mrs. Roy H. Little Jr ”i ka mea i kākau lima ʻia e Mary.

I nā kūlana ʻelua, ua hoʻomanaʻo ke kahu o ke kinoea i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi wahine e kūlike ana me kā Mary wehewehe ʻana i ka mea i hōʻalo i ka nānā pono ʻana o ka maka a me he mea lā e hana ana i kahi ʻoki ma kona poʻo. Ua hele pū ʻia me kahi hoa kāne ʻike ʻole ʻia ma Charlotte a me ʻelua mau hoa kāne i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma Raleigh, ka mea e hoʻomalu iā ia.

Kupanaha, ʻoiai ua hana ʻia kēia mau mea he 12 mau hola ma kahi kaʻawale, ʻo ka hoʻokele mai Charlotte a hiki i Raleigh ma lalo o ʻekolu mau hola. I kēia manawa, ua nānā nā mea noiʻi i ke kāne a Mary, ʻo Roy Little, ka mea i manaʻo nui ʻole e pili ana i ka nalowale ʻana o kāna wahine a hōʻole e lawe i kahi hōʻike ʻike ʻike wahaheʻe.

Makemake kekahi mau hoa aloha o Mary iā Roy a hōʻole e hele i kā lākou male, akā hāʻawi mau ʻo Mary i ka manaʻo hauʻoli ʻo ia me kāna male. He alibi ikaika ko Roy mai kona wā ma waho o Atlanta i ka pō o ko Maria nalowale ʻana a no ka mea ʻaʻohe ona kumu kūpono, ua kipaku ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea kānalua.

Anonymous Ma Kekahi ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe

Ma hope koke iho, ua loaʻa iā Roy kahi kāhea hoʻolewa inoa ʻole e noi ana i $ 20,000 no ka hoʻi ʻana o Mary. Ua haʻi aku ka mea i kāhea iā Roy e hele i kahi overpass ma ka Lāhui Kahuna ʻO Pisgah ma North Carolina, kahi e kau ʻia ai nā ʻōkuhi ʻē aʻe i kahi hōʻailona. Ua hele kekahi luna FBI ma ko Roy wahi a loaʻa i kahi pepa hakahaka i hoʻopili ʻia i kēia hōʻailona. ʻAʻole lohe hou ʻia ka mea kāhea.

Wahi a kekahi o nā hoa aloha a Mary, i loko o nā pule ma mua o kona nalowale ʻana, ke loaʻa nei iā ia nā kelepona ʻana ma kāna wahi hana kahi i haʻalulu iā ia. I kekahi manawa, ua lohe ʻia ʻo Mary e haʻi ana i kahi mea kāhea. “He wahine male wau i kēia manawa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele mai i koʻu hale i nā manawa āu e makemake ai, akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele ma ʻō. " Ua loaʻa iā Mary he ʻumikūmālua mau pua rose ma kona keʻena mai kahi mea mahalo malū inoa ʻole, akā ʻaʻole naʻe i haʻi aku i kāna kāne e pili ana i kēia.

Ua pili anei kahi hana a Mary i kāna nalo ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻano?

Eia hou, ua hoʻolimalima ka Citizens & Southern Bank i kahi luna FBI mua e nānā i nā pilikia kūpono me ka hoʻoweliweli wahine a me ka moekolohe ma ka waiwai o ka panakō. Koi ka luna o Mary, ʻo Gene Rackley, ua koi ʻo ia ʻaʻole kēia he mea ʻino aʻe e pili ana i nā limahana haʻahaʻa a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike e pili ana i ia mea, akā ua ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe ua haʻi ʻo Mary i ka hoʻokolokolo iā lākou.

I loko nō o kēia mau pilikia, ua ʻōlelo aku ka hoa hana o Mary ua ʻano ʻuhane ʻo ia i ka wā a lākou e pāʻina pū ai i ka pō āna i nalo ai.

He Kanaka Hoihoi

I kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o Mary, hele mai kekahi wahine a hōʻike iā ia ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo ia e kahi kāne me kahi ʻāpana ʻeleʻele i ʻoki ʻia i ka wahi kaʻa ʻo Lenox Square ma ke ahiahi o ʻOkakopa 14. Ua kīkēkē ua kāne nei ma kāna puka aniani kaʻa e haʻi iā ia i ka ua haahaa nā papaka o hope, a ua hewa ia. He mau minuke wale nō ka hana i hana ʻia ma mua o ka ʻike hope ʻia ʻana o Mary e hele ana i kāna kaʻa.

ʻO nā koi o kahi paʻahao ma ka hale paʻahao o Georgia

I ka makahiki 1966, ua nīnauele ka FBI i kahi paʻahao ma ka hale paʻahao o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Georgia e lawelawe ana i ka hoʻopaʻi no ka pepehi kanaka, nāna i ʻōlelo ua ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mau kāne i uku ʻia he $ 5,000 no kēlā me kēia kanaka e kāʻili iā Mary. Lawe lākou iā ia i kahi hale ma Mount Holly, North Carolina kahi i paʻa ai ʻo Mary a ua pepehi ʻia ʻo ia ma hope.

Ua ʻōlelo ka mea paʻa ʻole i ka manaʻo o ka mea nāna i hoʻolimalima kēia mau kāne ʻelua a he aha ke kumu. Ua hoʻēmi ka FBI i ka moʻolelo o kēia kanaka a ʻaʻole i ʻike he hilinaʻi ia, akā ua nānā hou nā mea noiʻi hihia anuanu iā ia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei.

ʻO kekahi hihia hou aʻe paha he hōʻailona ʻē aʻe!

I loko o kahi hanana kolohe a hopena paha, ʻo ka wahine i lawe i ka hana a Mary ma ka panakō ua lilo i mea hōʻeha ʻia no ka pepehi kanaka ʻole ʻia. Ma Mei 19, 1967, ʻo Diane Shields, he 22 ona makahiki, ka mea i haʻalele iho nei i ka panakō a ke hana nei i kahi hana ʻē aʻe, ua haʻalele i kāna wahi hana, akā ua ʻike ʻia ua make i loko o ka pahu o kāna kaʻa i mau hola ma hope.

Ua ʻeha ʻo Diane i ka wā i hoʻolei ʻia ai kahi scarf a me kahi ʻāpana o ka puke kelepona i kona ʻāʻī. ʻAʻole i hoʻomāinoino ʻia ʻo Diane a ʻaʻohe mea i ʻaihue ʻia mai iā ia, e like me ke apo lima o kāna daimana, no laila ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu o ka pepehi kanaka.

Wahi a ka hoa aloha a Diane, ua haʻi ʻo Diane iā ia e hana malū ana ʻo ia me nā mākaʻi e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻoponopono i ka nalowale ʻana o kahi wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo "Mary", akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi palapala mākaʻi kūhelu e kākoʻo i kēia.