Robert G Bennett was found shot to death by the side of the road at the age of 31. He was robbed of his pocket money and his car was stolen. HIs car was recovered in Mississippi.
His killer, Edward LeRoy Leonard, was apprehended after trying to rob another man and he confessed to Robert's murder as well as another in Texas. He was eventually convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison, although he was paroled in the 1970s.
Robert G Bennett was found shot to death by the side of the road at the age of 31. He was robbed of his pocket money and his car was stolen. HIs car was recovered in Mississippi.
His killer, Edward LeRoy Leonard, was apprehended after trying to rob another man and he confessed to Robert's murder as well as another in Texas. He was eventually convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison, although he was paroled in the 1970s.
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