Valerie Turner

Death by Force

On June 25, 1972, 16-year-old Valerie Turner, a white female from Melrose, Florida, was abducted from her mother’s beauty shop and later found murdered in nearby woods. Her tragic death is among several killings possibly linked to the McCrary-Taylor crime family, who were responsible for a series of violent crimes across multiple states during the early 1970s.

The McCrary-Taylor family, led by Sherman McCrary and his son-in-law Carl Taylor, embarked on a cross-country crime spree that ...Read More