Morris Highsmith, a 58-year-old man from Pierce County, Georgia, was tragically killed on June 22, 1981. Highsmith, along with Alfred Boatright, a 64-year-old man, was shot to death during an armed robbery at Boatright's handyman store near Bristol, Georgia. The incident occurred around 4:00 p.m. when the two men were working at the store. The assailant, Willie James Wilson Jr., who was 25 years old at the time, was a soldier who had gone AWOL from Fort Stewart. Wilson, who is African American,
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