Ralph Zeller

On December 14, 1984, a tragic and violent event unfolded in the small town of Geronimo, Oklahoma, forever altering the community. Ralph Zeller, a 33-year-old male farmer, was a customer at the First Bank of Chattanooga when he became an innocent victim in a brutal bank robbery that ended in a horrific loss of life.

The perpetrator, 19-year-old Jay Wesley Neill, entered the bank shortly after 1 p.m. and forced the three female bank employees into a back room. There, he subjected them to a ...

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