Thornton Groce

Thornton Groce, a 60-year-old male, was originally from Daytona Beach, Florida, and had lived through a long arc of American history before his death on December 11, 1970. He was a World War II veteran, and contemporary newspaper accounts indicated he had been drafted during the war years. Decades later, his name would be tied to the beginning of Tony Alvin Ables' known murder history, making Groce the first known victim of a killer whose violence would later be linked to multiple deaths in the ...

Draft Notice - Thornton Groce

Thornton Groce Draft notice