It was then discovered that the four men involved had been members of the Dixie Mafia gang who were responsible for a string of crimes in the Southeastern region of the US.
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He claimed that he had been the getaway driver at the scene and the other three men had committed the murders. We are confident that we now know who committed these crimes.'ĭavis was then interrogated after Birt had noted his involvement in the brutal slaying. 'It was these interviews that ultimately helped us determine who was responsible through the corroboration of evidence. 'We immediately began to investigate the new leads, and conducted in-person interviews with Billy Wayne Davis in September 2019, October 2020, and August 2021,' Sheriff Len Hagaman told The Observer. Police officials notified the Watauga County Sheriff's Office of the details. In 2019, Shane Birt, the son of one of the suspects, contacted the White County Sheriff's office about researching past crimes in Georgia.īirt recalled visiting his father Billy in jail who talked about killing the family during a snowstorm in the North Carolina mountains and almost getting caught at the scene. The suspects involved, however, were nowhere to be found and the mystery had remained unsolved for a few decades. The three slain family members were found in the bathtub of their home in Boone, North Carolina
A bag of silver was said to be found inside. The vehicle was found by the North Carolina Highway Patrol hours later reportedly still running, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The police had been called not long after Hall had received the call from Virginia who promptly arrived at the scene after the men discovered the bodies.īesides the bodies, officers only found a half-eaten chicken and a money bag with hundreds of dollars, the Observer also noted.Ī green and white SUV was reported to be leaving the scene after 10.30pm by investigators which belonged to Bryce who took it from the dealership earlier to get back home in the midst of the snowstorm, according to the Watauga Democrat. The men then found the bodies of the three victims in the overflowing tub. They found the house in shambles, including blood splattered across the den, before hearing swooshing noises coming from the upstairs tub. Once they arrived, Small and Hall went to go investigate the scene. The Durham family including Bryce (left), his wife Virginia (center), and their son Bobby (right) were brutally murdered and found in the bathtub of their North Carolina home on February 3, 1972
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