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- 1947
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- January 14, 1918, July 21, 1920, July 17, 1925, September 30, 1931
- Location: Sumner,NC & Guilford County,NC
- Victim(s): Columbia Jane “Jennie” Brown Gilbreath 62, Robert Neal Osborn 4, Eunice Stevenson 82, Vera Dewitt Leonard 9
- Attacker(s): Asbury Respus
- Description: Respus entered Jane’s home and attacked her, before putting her body back in her house and setting it on fire.
- Respus grabbed Robert and drowned him in a stream, holding his body underwater with his feet. He later pretended to discover the body.
- Respus broke into Eunice’s home and beat her to death, before leaving her body hanging by the neck from the rafters of her home in order to make it look like a suicide.
- Respus approached Vera as she waited for her school bus. He beat her to death, crushing her skull in the process, before wrapping her body up in a blanket and placing it inside her home, then setting the home on fire.
- Archive.is Link(s):
- https://archive.ph/rUvFZ Respus’ find a grave memorial. He was executed 1-8-1932.
- https://archive.ph/fmN4z A writeup of Respus’ crimes. Note: Respus had previous known victims, but they were all black.
- https://archive.ph/s5Z2a Jennie’s find a grave memorial.
- https://archive.ph/nKda4 Vera’s find a grave memorial.
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