In the summer of 1969, a tragic series of events that began with a kidnapping in Texas culminated in the death of a law enforcement officer in Wyoming. On July 15, 1969, Deputy Sheriff William H. Edwards, a 35-year-old White male, was fatally shot while responding to a tense hostage situation unfolding at the Battle Mountain Lodge near Jackson Hole in Sublette County. His death was the final act in a violent crime spree orchestrated by two individuals.
The incident had its roots four days
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