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Opie Ann Hughes, a 39-year-old woman from Kilgore, Texas, tragically lost her life on September 23, 1983. She was one of five victims in a horrific crime known as the Kentucky Fried Chicken murders. On the evening of the incident, armed robbers held up the KFC restaurant in Kilgore, abducting Hughes and four others: Mary Tyler , Joey Johnson , David Maxwell , and Monty Landers . The victims were taken to a remote oil field road, where they were executed execution-style with a shot to the back o ...Read More
Victim Details

Opie Ann Hughes

Female

Kilgore

TX

1983-09-23

39

Opie

Ann Hughes

12/12/2025