On the evening of September 15, 1984, 63-year-old Hugh Sims Kite, the owner of Kite's Grocery and Bait Store on Highway 165 in Cottonton, Alabama, was preparing to close his store for the night. Assisting him was Jerry Ford, a ten-year-old boy employed part-time. Kite instructed Ford to wait at the front of the store while he went to the back to place ice in his truck. Shortly thereafter, Ford heard two gunshots. Concerned, he went to the back of the store and called out for Kite but received no
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