Twila Capron

Death by Force

On a Thursday morning in Olympia, Washington, September 17, 1981, the lives of two women were tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence. Twila Capron, a 30-year-old female bank teller, was working at the West Olympia branch of the Tumwater State Bank alongside her colleague, Candace Hemmig. Their day was horrifically interrupted when Mitchell Rupe entered the bank with the intent to rob it. During the commission of the robbery, Rupe fatally shot both Twila Capron and Candace Hemmig at poi ...Read More

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