Jan 17, 2017 | Murder In a Small Town|Uncategorized
It was unfair to begin the countdown to the eighth anniversary of Stacey Burns’ murder on a Friday before a long weekend. So, we can be certain that tomorrow, the investigation will resume in earnest. Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 17, will be Day 112 before that...
Jan 13, 2017 | Murder In a Small Town
Here is a new citizen’s movement! Will you be a participant? Stacey Burns was cruelly and unmercifully removed from this world on May 10, 2009. I propose a countdown. What if anyone, and I mean ANYONE, connected with Stacey in any way, began to do everything in...
Jan 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
In fourth or fifth grade, I’m not sure which, I encountered a rock fight in a vacant lot as I walked from school to my part time job as a clean-up boy at the local movie theater. I knew several participants on either side and I remember thinking how stupid it...
Jan 6, 2017 | Murder In a Small Town
Thomas Jefferson is credited with the following quote even though it is probably not his. “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” I am hoping, somewhat desperately, that this new year will see people of...
Dec 30, 2016 | Murder In a Small Town
A correspondent suggests in a post response (see “A Startling Statement” at www.dukesouthard.com) that I should perhaps change the title of my book on the Stacey Burns murder to Small Town Murder; Big City Crime. The reason for the suggestion is based on...