Katie Back

Death by Force

Katie Back, a 28-year-old white female from Lenox, Georgia, tragically lost her life on July 10, 1980. She was fatally shot at an Interstate 75 rest area near Lenox while traveling with her husband, David N. Hardin, and their three children. The family, residents of Kentucky, were returning home from a vacation in Florida when the incident occurred. They had parked their car and were asleep when a truck driver, William Howard Putman, approached them. Putman, who had already committed another mur ...Read More

Katie Back, age 28 - National Gun Violence Memorial