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serial predator. The deaths of these two church-going teenagers shocked the community. Booker had been a popular high-school junior, a sorority member, an officer of her high school band, a winner of scholastic, literary and musical prizes, and a former Little Miss
Texarkana. Her high school ended classes early so that hundreds of young people could attend the funerals. Curfews were set for businesses in an attempt to keep people off the streets at night. It was additionally at this point that the hypothesized serial killer was dubbed "The Phantom Killer" by local media.
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477:(FBI). Over 200 persons were questioned in the case, and about the same number of false leads were checked. In the Martin-Booker case, friends, acquaintances, and several suspects were questioned by Bowie County investigators who worked in 24-hour shifts. Gonzaullas tried baiting the perpetrator by recruiting teenagers to sit as decoys in parked cars while officers waited nearby. Officers also volunteered as decoys, with real partners or
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case, no suspects were apprehended. In the
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rose to $ 7,025 ($ 113,145 in 2024) on the night of the Starks murder and passed $ 10,000 ($ 161,061 in 2024) in the following ten days. There was some hesitation in linking the Starks murder to the other crimes, because the weapon used was a .22, and Davis believed it was an automatic rifle. By
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necessarily a resident of the area despite his knowledge of it. He stated that the attacks show evidence of deep planning, that the killer works alone and tells no one of his crimes, and could either shift his crimes to a distant community or overcome the desire to assault and kill people. Lapalla did not believe the killer was a black man because "in general, negro criminals are not that clever."
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instrument to the store but became evasive and fled from the store manager." Although no saxophone was found in his possession, the police found a bag of bloody clothing in his hotel room. After several days of questioning, the man was cleared as a suspect. Booker's saxophone was located on
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Swinney's wife, Peggy, when she came to retrieve it. Peggy confessed in great detail that Swinney was the Phantom Killer and had killed Booker and Martin. Her story changed in some details across several interviews, and police believed she was withholding information due to fear of Swinney or of incriminating herself.
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the investigation and harmful to innocent persons." He stressed this again in a radio interview on May 7: " only take the officers from the main route of the investigation. It is so important that we capture this man that we cannot afford to overlook any lead, no matter how fantastic it may seem."
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of several weeks on the day of the Starks murder, with his rifle missing. He said that he heard about a suspect matching his description and hitchhiked to Los Angeles, feeling like he was running from murder. On May 23, he told Los Angeles police that he thought he might be the Phantom. "I'm my
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Youell Swinney was a 29-year-old car thief and counterfeiter. He was arrested in July by Tackett, who was investigating car thefts, after realizing that on the night of the Griffin-Moore murders, a car had been stolen in the area and a previously stolen car had been found abandoned. Tackett was able
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Jimmy Hollis and Mary Jeanne Larey were the only victims able to give a description of their attacker. They described him as being six feet (1.8 m) tall, wearing a white mask over his face with holes cut out for his eyes and mouth. Although Hollis believed he was a young, dark-tanned, white man
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is located. Around ten minutes later, a man wearing a white cloth mask–which resembled a pillowcase with eyeholes cut out–appeared at Hollis' driver-side door and shone a flashlight in the window. Hollis told him he had the wrong person, to which the man responded: "I don't want to kill you, fellow,
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Gonzaullas stated that he and his officers were dealing with a "shrewd criminal who had left no stone unturned to conceal his identity and activities," and that the murderer's efforts were both clever and baffling. He also stated that the man they were hunting was a "cunning individual who would go
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established for the killer was that he attacked young couples in empty or private areas just outside city limits using a .32 caliber gun. Although the caliber used in the Starks murder was a .22, a .32 was still believed by the majority of lawmen to have been used by the Phantom. He always attacked
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who became the public face of the investigation. He was criticized as a "showman" who presented the work of other officers as his own to the press, and spent a great deal of time with female reporters. Five years after the murders, Gonzaullas left the Rangers to become a technical consultant to the
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in the air to summon another neighbor, Elmer Taylor, who Prater sent to collect his car. Taylor complied and, along with other members of the Prater family, took Katie to Michael Meagher Hospital (now Miller County Health Unit). Katie was questioned in the operating room by Miller County Sheriff W.
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her with the barrel of his gun. After the assault, Larey fled on foot, running a half-mile (800m) to a nearby house; she woke the inhabitants and phoned the police. Meanwhile, Hollis had regained consciousness and alerted a passing motorist, who also called the police. Within thirty minutes, Bowie
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armed with a pistol carjacked and robbed a man, threatening to kill him and stating that he had killed five people in Texarkana, naming Martin and Booker. The hitchhiker went on to say that he was not finished killing people. Gonzaullas said that police were doubtful that this man was the Phantom
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Griffin had been shot twice while inside the car; both had been shot once in the back of the head, and both were fully clothed. A blood-soaked patch of earth near the car suggested to police that they had been killed outside the car and placed back inside. Congealed blood was found covering the
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male. Hollis alternately claimed the attacker was a tanned white man, and around thirty years old, but conceded he could not distinguish his features as he had been blinded by a flashlight. Both agreed that the assailant was around 6 feet (1.8 m) tall. Law enforcement repeatedly challenged
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under 30 years old, Larey believed he was a light-skinned African American. With no description from the other incidents, it cannot be certain if the same perpetrator or perpetrators were responsible, though it is generally assumed that the crimes were the work of a single individual.
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machine was installed in the Bowie County Sheriff's office to connect with other law-enforcement offices in Texas. The unofficial theory for a motive amongst the majority of officers was that of "sex mania", as large amounts of money in the home were not taken, nor was Katie's purse.
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Katie heard the killer at the back of the house and fled out the front door. She ran barefoot across the street to the home of her sister and brother-in-law. Because no one was home, she ran to neighbor A. V. Prater's house, gasped that "Virgil's dead,” then collapsed. Prater shot a
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them, Larey showed him Hollis' wallet to prove he had no money, after which she was struck with a blunt object. The assailant ordered Larey to stand, and when she did, told her to run. Initially, Larey tried to flee toward a ditch, but the assailant ordered her to run up the road.
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in 1946, said that managing editor Calvin Sutton had an acute sense for the dramatic, which impelled him to ask if they could refer to the unknown murderer as "The Phantom". Mahaffey replied, "Why not? If the SOB continues to elude capture, he certainly can be called a phantom!"
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stated on May 5 that the killer might strike again at any moment, at any place, and at anyone. For a week police were inundated with reports of prowlers. One officer stated that nearly all of the alarm was the result of excitement, wild imagination, and near-hysteria.
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offices were drowned with phone calls, both local and long distance, inquiring about the apprehension of the killer. Presley declared that innocent people were being accused of being the Phantom and asked residents to show more consideration for their fellow citizens.
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County Sheriff W. H. "Bill" Presley and three other officers arrived at the scene, but the assailant had already left. Larey was hospitalized overnight for a minor head wound. Hollis was hospitalized for several days to recover from multiple skull fractures.
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unaware they were policemen because they were driving an unmarked car. He said he was following the bus because he was suspicious of a passenger that had entered from a private car. On May 12, Gonzaullas gave a warning to "teenage sleuths" in the
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Richard L. Griffin (29) and his girlfriend of six weeks, Polly Ann Moore (17), were found dead in Griffin's car on the morning of Sunday, March 24, by a passing motorist. The motorist saw the parked car on a lovers' lane 100 yards (91 m) south of
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guards. The day after Starks's death, stores sold out of locks, guns, ammunition, window shades and Venetian blinds. Additional items of which sales increased included window sash locks, screen door hooks, night latches, and other protective devices.
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when he was shot twice in the back of the head from a closed double window. Hearing the sound of broken glass, Katie came from another room and saw Virgil stand up, then slump back into his chair. When she realized he was dead, Katie ran to the
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said that examinations of the bodies indicated that they both had put up a terrific struggle. Martin's friend, Tom Albritton, said that he did not believe an argument had happened between the victims and that Martin had not had any enemies.
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Larey spotted an old car parked off the road but found it empty, and was again confronted by the attacker, who asked her why she was running. When she said that he had told her to do so, he called her a liar before knocking her down and
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to call the police. She rang twice before being shot twice in the face from the same window. She fell but soon regained her footing and tried to get a pistol from another room, but was blinded by her own blood.
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Texas Rangers questioned her story and insisted that she knew who her attacker was. Officers did not publicly connect the Hollis-Larey attack to the subsequent murders until May 11, the day after the
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couple, he introduced himself and asked if they weren't scared. The girl replied, "It's a good thing you told me who you are," and she revealed that she had been pointing a
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2490:The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes
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775:own suspect," he said.
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821:Atoka County suspect
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630:"The Phantom Killer"
376:Manuel T. Gonzaullas
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160:Phantom of Texarkana
1134:Texarkana, Arkansas
802:Mount Ida, Arkansas
660:Method of operation
383:May 3: Fifth murder
293:sexually assaulting
275:so do what I say".
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2482:Works cited
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772:fugue state
651:Description
604:Vigilantism
471:Cass County
336:pathologist
328:.32 caliber
137:Perpetrator
92:1946-May-03
32:‹ The
2560:Categories
1664:site11.com
1258:article".
1239:article".
1179:References
965:Let It Die
814:hitchhiker
739:jury trial
625:The killer
503:prowl cars
479:mannequins
110:.32 pistol
2591:Fugitives
2470:March 15,
2428:March 15,
2126:TXK Today
1883:March 15,
1873:The Autry
1858:, page 17
1674:March 15,
1384:April 17,
1308:March 10,
1206:March 10,
979:Theatre:
952:Riverdale
890:same name
885:in 2013.
224:Texarkana
166:, or the
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113:.22 rifle
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2464:Archived
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2003:Archived
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1378:Archived
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1200:Archived
1158:against
1094:See also
863:In media
697:Suspects
549:Magnolia
511:teletype
356:VFW Club
232:Arkansas
212:folklore
183:Arkansas
64:Arkansas
56:Location
45:. ›
34:template
2009:May 11,
971:Music:
918:Chiller
673:Profile
619:Gazette
611:.25 ACP
593:Gazette
129:Victims
104:Weapons
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1132:, and
946:(2001)
936:(2002)
926:(2014)
909:(2018)
867:Film:
833:Sammie
555:Rumors
545:Lufkin
332:pistol
234:, and
218:Crimes
162:, the
121:Deaths
74:, U.S.
66:, and
1171:game.
1169:craps
1116:Notes
857:Ogden
399:rifle
318:car.
240:Texas
179:Texas
72:Texas
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2472:2015
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2108:Life
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930:KDFW
764:LAPD
664:The
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