Ekuseni ngoSepthemba 20, 1994, idolobhana elincane e-Oak Grove, eKentucky lashintshwa unomphela ngokubulala okuphindwe kabili ngesihluku. Izisulu, uGloria Ross, 18, noCandida “Candy” Belt, 22, batholwe beshonile ekamelweni elingemuva e-New Life Massage Parlour. Leli cala lashaqisa umphakathi, kuze kube yimanje, icala alikaxazululwa.
Izisulu: Candy Belt noGloria Ross
UCandy Belt wayengumama ongayedwana owayesebenza ukuze ondle izingane zakhe ezimbili ezincane. Ubehlala eProvidence, eKentucky, futhi ethatha amakilasi okuphatha ibhizinisi ekolishi lendawo. UGloria Ross, oneminyaka engu-18 kuphela ubudala, wayenesikhathi esingaphansi konyaka eshadile futhi enendodakazi enamasonto ayisithupha ubudala. Ubehlala nomndeni wakhe e-Oak Grove futhi wayeqale ukusebenza e-New Life Massage Parlour emasontweni amabili ngaphambi kwalokhu kubulala. Bobabili laba besifazane babezama nje ukuziphilisa futhi bondle imindeni yabo.
I-New Life Massage Parlor: Ingaphezu kokubonwa ngamehlo
INew Life Massage Parlour ibisebenza njengendawo engaphambili yendlu enegama elibi. Nakuba yayikhangiswa njengendawo yokubhucunga umzimba, wonke umuntu e-Oak Grove wayazi ukuthi leli bhizinisi empeleni laliyindawo yokudayisa ngomzimba. Le ndawo yayisebenzela amasosha avela esikhungweni sezempi saseFort Campbell esiseduze.
UTammy Papler, wesifazane oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala, uphethe iNew Life Massage Parlour. Wazizwa enomthwalo wemfanelo ngokubulala ngoba wayezibona engumama kubasebenzi bakhe. Kamuva uTammy wenza izinsolo ezishaqisayo ngoMnyango Wamaphoyisa ase-Oak Grove, ethi bayabandakanyeka enkohlakalweni nasekufihleni amacala okubulala.
Izinsolo zikaTammy
UTammy usole uMnyango wamaphoyisa ngokuhlomula esitolo iNew Life Massage Parlour. Uthe amanye amaphoyisa azofuna imali nocansi lwamahhala ukuze avikeleke. Ngokusho kukaTammy, bazophinde bamthengele izinto ezahlukene zomnyango njengamalambu ezimoto zamaphoyisa, izicathulo, imifaniswano, bahlele ngisho namadili kaKhisimusi namabhonasi. Wayekholelwa ukuthi amaphoyisa kanye nemeya babephethe idolobha futhi bathola noma yini abayifunayo.
Elinye iphoyisa, u-Edward Tyrone “Ed” Carter, laqokwa nguTammy njengolisebenzisa ngokweqile lesi simo. Wathi uzofuna okungaphezu kwamanye amaphoyisa futhi uzosebenzisa isikhundla sakhe njengephoyisa ukumesabisa. UTammy usola ukuthi uCarter wayenobudlelwano obuyimfihlo nomphathi wakwa-New Life futhi waze wamphoqa ukuthi athole umsebenzi wokuqapha. Uphinde wasola uCarter ngokuba nesandla ekubulaweni kwabantu.
Ukubulala okubili okungakaxazululwa
Ngobusuku bangoSepthemba 20, 1994, iNew Life Massage Parlour yayithule ngendlela engavamile. Ngo-3 ekuseni, uCandy Belt noGloria Ross yibona kuphela abasebenzi ababekhona. Ozakwabo bahambe isikhashana beyothatha esinye isisebenzi ekhaya badle okuya ngasethunjini. Lapho bebuya bafica umnyango wangaphambili ukhiyiwe ngaphakathi unetshe eliyisivalo. Ngaphakathi, bathola into ehlasimulisayo: UGloria watholwa enqunu futhi elele phezu kwetafula lokubhucunga, kuyilapho uCandy ephansi embozwe ngengubo yokufihla ikhanda. Bobabili laba besifazane babedutshulwe ekhanda banqunywa uqhoqhoqho.
Amaphoyisa ase-Oak Grove abizelwe endaweni yesigameko ngo-4 ekuseni, kodwa ngesikhathi kufika uMnyango ka-Christian County Sheriff, indawo yobugebengu yase isengcupheni. Abantu abaningana, okuhlanganisa imeya, amalungu omkhandlu wedolobha, nawo wonke amaphoyisa ase-Oak Grove, bebengaphakathi endlini yokuphumula. U-Detective Leslie Allen Duncan, elinye lamaphoyisa okuqala endaweni yesigameko, wayaziwa vele e-New Life futhi wayekade ehlala noCarter.
Uphenyo kanye nobufakazi obuncishisiwe
Uphenyo mayelana namacala okubulala luhlale iminyaka lungaxazululeki, nobufakazi bulahlekile noma bucekeleke phansi. UTammy Papler nomyeni wakhe uRonald baboshwa kamuva babekwa icala lokugqugquzela ukudayisa ngomzimba. INew Life yavalwa, abakwaPaplers bawavuma amacala, bathola ukuvivinywa. Nokho, ukuzimisela kukaTammy ngobulungisa akuzange kuntengantenge.
NgoJulayi 1997, njengoba uTammy enza izinsolo ezishaqisayo zenkohlakalo yamaphoyisa nokufihla ngesikhathi somhlangano woMkhandlu Wedolobha, leli cala lathola isithakazelo esikhulu emphakathini. Usole amaphoyisa nezikhulu zedolobha ngokwamukela ukufumbathiswa, ukuthenga ucansi ezisebenzini zakhe, nokufihla amacala okubulala. Nakuba amanye amalungu omkhandlu engamnakanga, umkhandlu wedolobha uPatty Belew ukuqinisekisile ukuthi izinsolo zikaTammy zaziyiqiniso ngempela. UPatty wayesebenze eNew Life ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Harley" iminyaka emibili futhi wayeka isonto elilodwa ngaphambi kokubulala.
Abasolwa nezingxabano
U-Edward Tyrone “Ed” Carter, oyiphoyisa elisolwa nguTammy, waba ngumsolwa oyinhloko emacaleni okubulala. UCarter wasebenza njengonogada eNew Life futhi wayenokhiye wesakhiwo. Uvumile ukuthi wayeka eNew Life ngobusuku besigameko kodwa wathi wahamba ngaphambi kokuthi kwenzeke. UCarter ukuphikile ukuthi unesibhamu esincane, okukholakala ukuthi yisona sibhamu sokubulala. Nokho lowo owayengunkosikazi wakhe, uCarol, uphikise amazwi akhe, wathi wayenaso isibhamu esinjalo.
U-Detective Leslie Allen Duncan, obephethe uphenyo lokubulala, naye uthathwa njengomuntu ongase abe umsolwa. UTammy Papler usole uDuncan ngokuthatha imali kwa-New Life ngisho nokuphazamisa ubufakazi endaweni yesigameko. UDuncan wesula emnyangweni wamaphoyisa ngemuva konyaka lezi zigameko zokubulala.
Phezu kwalezi zinsolo nezinsolo ezithinta uCarter noDuncan, icala belingakaxazululwa. Ukushoda kobufakazi obuphathekayo kanye nesigameko sobugebengu obekunciphile kwenza kwaba nzima ukuletha ababulali enkantolo.
Intuthuko entsha kanye nokuboshwa
Ngo-2006, Amaphoyisa aseKentucky State athatha icala lokubulala futhi aqala uphenyo olusha. NgoJulayi 2012, uDuncan, ngaleso sikhathi owayeneminyaka engu-49 ubudala, waboshwa wabekwa icala lokuphazamisa ubufakazi obuphathekayo kuleli cala. UDuncan ubesolwa ngokulahla amagobolondo egobolondo nokusula izigxivizo zeminwe ocingweni lokwamukela izivakashi.
NgoNovemba 2013, uCarter, owayeneminyaka engu-43 ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, noFrank Black, isakhamuzi saseGadsen, e-Alabama, baboshwa babekwa amacala okubulala. UCarter wayehlala e-Ohio ngaleso sikhathi futhi waphindiselwa eKentucky ukuze aquliswe icala. UBlack, nakuba engelona iphoyisa, wayenerekhodi lobugebengu futhi wayehlasele owesifazane ekhomba ngommese ngemva nje kokubulawa.
Ukuqulwa kwecala nokuhoxiswa
Icala elibhekene noCarter, Black, kanye noDuncan laqala ngo-September 6, 2016. Abashushisi babenombono wokuthi uCarter wacela usizo lukaBlack ekwenzeni lokhu kubulala, kuyilapho uDuncan efihla ngamabomu ukubandakanyeka kwabo. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokuxoxisana amahora amabili, ijaji lithole uCarter noBlack bengenacala lokubulala. Amacala kaDuncan ahoxisiwe ngesikhathi kuqhubeka icala.
Imindeni yezisulu kanye nabanye abasondelene necala bakholelwa ukuthi uCarter nguyena onecala lokubulala. Indodakazi kaGloria, uShanice, yaze yafaka icala lokufa elingafanele ngokumelene noCarter, uDuncan, nedolobha lase-Oak Grove. Naphezu kokukhishwa kwecala, icala alikaxazululwa ngokusemthethweni.
Ithemba lobulungiswa
Ukubulawa kwabantu ababili ngesihluku kukaCandy Belt noGloria Ross kusaqhubeka nokuhlupha umphakathi wase-Oak Grove, eKentucky. Izinsolo zenkohlakalo yamaphoyisa, ukwehliswa kobufakazi, nokuhoxiswa kwamacala alandelayo kushiye imibuzo eminingi engaphenduleki. Imindeni yezisulu isafuna ubulungisa, inethemba lokuthi ngelinye ilanga iqiniso liyovela futhi abathandekayo bayo ekugcineni bathole ukuthula.
Njengoba leli cala lihlala lingaxazululiwe, lisebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokubaluleka kophenyo olunzulu, ukugcinwa kobufakazi, kanye nokuphishekela ubulungisa kuzo zonke izisulu zobugebengu obunobudlova. Ukubulawa kukaCandy Belt noGloria Ross kungenzeka ukuthi sekuphelile ezihlokweni, kodwa isifiso sezimpendulo nokuvalwa sisalokhu sinamandla kunakuqala.
Ngemva kokufunda ngokufa okungaqondakali kukaCandy Belt noGloria Ross, funda ngakho Ukushona okungakaxazululwa kukaKris Kremers noLisanne Froon.
