Cheryl Lynn Payton

Death by Force

On October 16, 1976, 23-year-old white female Cheryl Lynn Payton was working as a clerk at a Compact convenience store located at the intersection of Nan Gray Davis Road and Sweedtown Road in Mobile County, Alabama. That evening, she was abducted at gunpoint by a man later identified as Thomas Warren Whisenhant. Witnesses who had seen Cheryl Lynn Payton earlier that night described her sweeping water from the store’s walkway during heavy rain. Later, the store was found abandoned with signs of ...Read More

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Whisenhant v. State :: 1979 :: Alabama Court of ... - Justia Law

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