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Was watching a special on HBO in the 90’s. It was about murder for hire. The question was asked, where would you go if you wanted to hire someone for murder? Answer given was Jasper Alabama.Lot of things in Walker Co. That will get you shot!
Highest hit men per capita of anywhere in the county.
There was a time when bankers were hesitant to repossess logging equipment up there. Ultimately, they established a safe place, a boneyard of sorts, where borrowers would decide to drop off a feller buncher or such off for the banker to pick up. No one went up Copperhead Road, so to speak.
Secondand26
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I remember seeing an NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw in the early 1980s - it said the “mob’s preferred hit man lived in a small Alabama town called Jasper”. Me & my brother kinda nodded & said “makes sense!”
One of the reasons I don’t give @PurlJam any crap on here!
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OldPlayer
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Is there an official government tracking stat on that?
Not that I'm aware of, but I've heard it all my life.
PurlJam
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I remember back in the day, a guy getting blown up on his riding lawnmower, killing him and his dog and an oil change place found a bomb under his car when his wife took it for service. I dont know what he did or who he pissed off, but they had the bases covered to knock him off.
Also, a female attorney went missing in the 80's, without a trace and never found.
BamaFan334
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This is interesting stuff. Not being from Alabama these things are unknown to me. Maybe need another thread, but would love some history to these last number of comments.
PurlJam
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Yeah, Carrie Lawson.... '91.
Carrie Lawson. Happened while I was an undergrad at UA.
bama alum
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You and I were there at the same time. I remember this also. And the one POS who could have given clue killed herself.
Are you sure?
bama alum
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The primary suspects were a man and a woman. One of the two killed him/herself to avoid interrogation. I think she did. I don't remember what happened to the other asshat.
I was saying she could have been target and made to look like a suicide. This is the first time hearing about Jasper being a Hit man place? You learn something new everyday on here!
The man, Jerry Bland, killed himself when the cops were closing in on him. His cousin, Karen McPherson, was in on it and is still in prison, as far as I know. I always thought the husband paid them to do it, OR Carrie set it up so she could get away from him. Never could make up my mind.
Carrie Lawson kidnapper Karen McPherson again denied parole in lawyer’s 1991 disappearance
Karen McPherson, now 60, is serving a life sentence in the kidnapping of Carrie Smith Lawson, who was abducted from her Jasper home in the early-morning hours of September 11, 1991. McPherson's cousin, Jerry Bland, was identified as the main suspect and committed suicide as lawmen surrounded his...
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It doesn't matter that he won consecutive NCs. Hell, his defense really did that. Frodo needed work in front of the scouts, but really let his ego get to him.
