On May 30, 1964, the life of Gary Albert Smock, a 30-year-old male schoolteacher from Plymouth, Michigan, was tragically cut short in Kalamazoo. Smock, a married father, had been in the area for a Church of God youth convention. While driving his Chevrolet, he offered a ride to a young hitchhiker, an act of kindness that would have fatal consequences.
The hitchhiker was 19-year-old Larry Lee Ranes. Not long into the ride, Ranes brandished a. 22 caliber weapon and forced Smock into the tru
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