In the winter of 1975, a sinister plot unfolded in the rural landscape of Florence County, South Carolina, culminating in the tragic death of Silas Barnwell Yates, a 45-year-old white male farmer. His life was cut short on February 12, 1975, not by a random act of violence, but by a calculated murder-for-hire scheme born from a soured relationship.
The conspiracy was set in motion by Yates's ex-girlfriend, Suzanne Kipper Owens, and her husband, John Owens. The couple harbored a deep-seate
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