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Monty Landers

Case from Kilgore, TX dated Sep 23, 1983

Victim Details

Monty Landers

Male

White / Caucasian

Kilgore

TX

1983-09-23

19

Monty

Landers

07/11/2026

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Montegomery Louis "Monty" Landers, a 19-year-old male, was tragically killed on September 23, 1983, in Kilgore, Texas. Monty, along with four other victims—Opie Ann Hughes , Mary Tyler , Joey Johnson , and David Maxwell —was abducted from a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant following an armed robbery. The group was taken to a nearby field where they were executed with shots to the back of the head. Opie Hughes was found a short distance away from the others, having been sexually assaulted be ...
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  • https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/trial-in-1983-kfc-murders-starts-this-week-1826300.php
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken murders - Wikipedia
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    I've been following the KFC murder case for a while, and something about Monty Landers' tragic death... ...Read More
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    I was reading about the Kilgore KFC murders and something that really struck me was how quickly the ... ...Read More
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    I've been diving deep into the KFC murders, and something that's been bothering me is the repeated w... ...Read More
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