Candace Hemmig

Death by Force

On a tragic September morning in 1981, the community of Olympia, Washington, was shaken by a brutal act of violence that claimed the life of 33-year-old Candace Hemmig, a female bank teller. On September 17, Hemmig was at her post at the Tumwater State Bank when a man named Mitchell Rupe entered with the intent to rob the establishment. The robbery quickly escalated to a double homicide as Rupe fatally shot both Hemmig and her fellow teller, Twila Capron, at point-blank range before making off w ...Read More

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