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Do you know who killed Shirley Elizabeth Whitten and Roger Dale Higgins in 1972?
On February 22, 1972, Shirley Elizabeth Whitten, age 19, and Roger Dale Higgins, age 26, were found brutally murdered in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wildwood, Florida. The bodies of Whitten and Higgins were discovered early in the morning, and both victims had been stabbed multiple times. Shirley Whitten was an employee at the Union 76 Truck Stop in Wildwood, while Higgins was associated with a trucking company in South Florida. The pair were discovered in a chilling scene: Whitten was found lying ...Read More
On February 22, 1972, Shirley Elizabeth Whitten, age 19, and Roger Dale Higgins, age 26, were found brutally murdered in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wildwood, Florida. The bodies of Whitten and Higgins were discovered early in the morning, and both victims had been stabbed multiple times. Shirley Whitten was an employee at the Union 76 Truck Stop in Wildwood, while Higgins was associated with a trucking company in South Florida. The pair were discovered in a chilling scene: Whitten was found lying ...Read More
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Shirley Whitten
December 21, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Wildwood
FL
1972-02-22
19
roger-higgins-wildwood-fl
Shirley
Whitten
No
11/13/2025
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