White Victims of Black Crime - 0714 - Evelyn Wagler

0714
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October 2, 1973

Victim(s): Evelyn Wagler 24

Attacker(s): 6 unidentified black teens

Description: Evelyn was walking back to her car with a gas can, when she was surrounded by 6 black teenagers. They began to physically assault her while yelling out racial slurs,before telling her they'd stop hitting her if she poured gasoline on herself. She complied, before one of the teens threw a lit match at her, causing her to burst into flames as they ran away laughing. Evelyn managed to put the fire out and get help. She told the police about the attack, and the fact that previously, 3 of the teenagers had told her to get out of the neighborhood because they didn't want whites living there. She died 4 hours later. Her killers were never found.

Archive.is Link(s):
https://archive.is/FmWKg Original story on the crime describing 6 “youths” 1973.
https://archive.is/9t5Ox A writeup of the case.
https://archive.is/d5vbv Another short writeup of the case.
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