User:Kmbesant/1982 Lake Waco murders

On July 13, 1982, two fishermen discovered the bodies of Jill Montgomery, 17, Raylene Rice, 17, and Kenneth Franks, 18, in Speegleville Park, near Lake Waco. The police officer, patrol seargent Truman Simons found Franks' body under a large tree propped up against the stump, with sunglasses over his eyes, he had been stabbed multiple times. The first female victim found, Raylene, was stabbed repeadetly and left with her hands bound behind her back and gagged, naked, aside from a bra that was tied to her right leg. Jill was found last, stabbed repeatedly as well as the other victims and her hands were bound and she was gagged as well. All of the teenagers were bound with shoelaces, and stabbed a total of 48 times. Shallow stab wounds suggested that they had been tortured.