On a tragic evening in late spring, the quiet farming community of Martinsburg, Iowa, was forever scarred by a brutal act of violence. It was May 27, 1962, when Andrew Rex "Andy" McBeth, a 51-year-old White male, along with his wife Dora, met a violent end in their rural home. The peace of their Sunday evening was shattered by the very person they had taken into their home, their 24-year-old nephew, Gayno Gilbert Smith. Smith, who had been living with the McBeth family, orchestrated a meticulous
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