The 219-212 roll call Sunday by which the House passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or you can also read the full text of HR 4872 here.)
A “yes” vote (indicated by the letter “Y“) is a vote to pass the bill.
These are the autopsy photos of Gaffney’s most infamous serial killer; Leroy Martin. Martin killed 4 women over a 10 day period in 1968.
On February 8, 1968, he contacted a local newspaper editor, telling him where two of his victims could be located, and then threatened to kill even more women until he was “shot down like the dog I am.”[1]
When caught, Martin received four life sentences (if I’m not mistaken). He was killed in prison and lies here in the morgue with an eerie smile upon his face.
Unfortunately recent events have resurrected memories of Martin for many residents.
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The community of Gaffney South Carolina has been rocked by a series of murders beginning Saturday with the death of local farmer Kline Cash.
Victim 1
(June 27, 2009)
Cash’s wife is believed to have been the intended target of what Sheriff Bill Blanton calls a serial killer. The unknown perpetrator and coward took the lives of two more Cherokee County residents, reportedly during the funeral services for Mr. Cash.
Victims 2-3
(July 1, 2009)
83-year-old Hazel Linder and her daughter 50-year-old Gina Linder Parker were found a little after 3 PM Wednesday, bound and shot to death in the mother’s home.
Victims 4-5
(July 2, 2009)
Stephen Tyler, owner of Tyler Home Center, and his daughter 15-year-old Abby Tyler were the next victims of this man’s murderous rampage. While her father was pronounced dead at the scene, the younger Tyler was airlifted and later died in the hospital.
What kind of man does this? What kind of person could kill so seemingly indiscriminate of age or gender? “Surely the serial killer can’t be a father,” someone said to me at church.
Their point was that a person with kids of their own couldn’t possibly be so heartless as to take the life of this young girl. But these are the days in which we live. These are the “perilous times” the apostle Paul spoke of in 2Timothy 3. Men are “Without natural affection…incontinent, fierce,” and “despisers of those that are good.”
And I’d like to give you a word of encouragement at this point but there are none. This world is doomed. “…Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse…” (2Timothy 3:13) Jesus promised, “In the world ye SHALL have tribulation…” BUT, He said, “…be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
I don’t know any of the families personally but my heart goes out to them. I can’t imagine all the waves of emotion that must be sweeping over each one of them. So, I must commend them to the Master of the sea. If there’s anyone Who can calm one of life’s storms its Jesus! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus. If not for the Savior I would’ve lost my mind a long time ago. I don’t know how people make it without Him.
Police have released sketches of what they believe the killer looks like [As it turns out, the sketch looks nothing like the actual killer].
WANTED
“…Their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand,
and the things that shall come upon them make haste.”
(Deuteronomy 32:35)
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If you have information regarding this person’s whereabouts please contact CRIMESTOPPERS at (864) 489-2746 or call 911.
