| May 16, 1978 |
- Butler, Alabama policeman Dean Roberts is shot during a
routine traffic stop. The suspect vehicle was a red Camaro with
Mississippi plates, it was later reported as stolen
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| May 17 |
- A house is broken into near Tuscahoma Landing in
Choctaw County, Alabama. A 1970 Mercury parked nearby is stolen
- Late evening Alabama Trooper John Christenberry
observes the
Mercury and attempts to make a traffic stop. His unit is disabled
from shotgun blasts. The driver of the Mercury was identified as Claude Eugene
Dennis
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| May 18 |
- The red Camaro is recovered by Choctaw County
Sheriff Don Lolley near Tuscahoma Landing
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| May 19 |
- A house trailer is burglarized near Shalom Church
outside Whitfield, Alabama
- A stolen 1976 Blue and White Ford pickup is recovered
near Waynesboro, Mississippi. The pickup was taken near Roff, Oklahoma
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| May 20 |
- The 1970 Mercury is recovered near Whitfield, Alabama
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| May 23 |
- Cuba, Alabama resident Stacy Beavers is found dead
by Sumter County, Alabama Sheriff Melvin Stephens,
her throat had been cut. Beaver's 1976 Mercury station wagon was taken, it
was later found in Bryan County, Oklahoma on May 24
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