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Short Story Of The Murder Of Billy Weaver

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BATH ENGLAND - On November 15, 1965 at 11:56pm, owner of a local Bed & Breakfast was found guilty of the murder of Billy Weaver, a 17 year old male, Christopher Mulholland, a 17 year old male , and Gregory W. Temple, a 28 year old male. They were found poisoned and stuffed by the landlady, a 46 year old female. She was found by a neighbor who caught a glimpse of the landlady stuffing Billy Weaver. “I was about to go to bed when I saw the Landlady stuffing something, I thought it was a stuffed animal but when I saw again it was a human being. I quickly ran downstairs and called the police” exclaimed the neighbor. When the police arrived at the scene of the crime the landlady referred to the three men as her “pets.” When the police went inside

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