On the morning of March 25, 1978, in Henrico County, Virginia, a tragedy unfolded at a local Shoney's restaurant that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Before the doors opened to the public, an employee named Charles Sylvester Stamper perpetrated a horrific act of violence. Franklin Delano Cooley, a 40-year-old male employee at the restaurant, was one of the victims of the deadly robbery.
Inside the restaurant, Stamper locked Cooley, who worked as the janitor, along with the mo
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