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May 23, 2013 12:44 am
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True Crime Quiz: Famous (And Not So Famous) Crime Scenes

Posted by Kim Cantrell on August 10, 2012

America: West of the Mississippi

* March 1995. Room 158 at the Corpus Christi, Texas Days Inn. Who was gunned down by a jealous employee in this room?

Room 158 Days Inn

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Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was well on her way to being a chart topping star when she was gunned down by Yolanda Saldívar, a jealous employee who had been embezzling money from Selena. Author Ron Franscell provides details of the murder and GPS coordinates to the Days Inn and Selena\\\\\\\'s grave site in The Crime Buffs Guide to Outlaw Texas.
* September 1997. Intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane, Paradise, Nevada. Who was the gunned down in the car where he was a passenger and whose murder still remains officially unsolved?

Flamingo Road and Koval Lane, Paradise, Nevada

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Tupac Shakur was murdered on September 7, 1996, while being driven to Club 662. Although many persons have been named as suspects, as of this date no arrests have been made. Author Cathy Scott discloses many of the facts surrounding 2Pac\\\'s murder in her book The Killing of Tupac Shakur.
* November 1988. Officers performing a welfare check unearth seven bodies in the basement and back yard of 2100 F Street, Sacramento, California. Who was the woman convicted of killing these persons?

2100 F Street, Sacramento, CA

* April 1981. This tiny cabin is the site of a bloody rampage in which Glenna Sharp, her son John Sharp, his friend Dana Wingate, and daughter Tina Sharp are brutally murdered. What is the moniker given to these unsolved murders?

Cabin 28, Keddie Resort, Keddie, California

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Following the Keddie Cabin Murders, Keddie Resort became a ghost town. Although the resort maintains its beauty, locals say tourist will never return until this cold case is solved.
* August 1966. A 25 year old man kills his mother and wife before climbing up the The Texas Bell Tower at the University of Texas at Austin campus from which he began shooting. Who was he?

University of Texas Bell Tower

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On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman climbed up the University of Texas Bell Tower and began shooting, killing 14 and wounding 32 others. Ron Franscell provides location and tour information in his book The Crime Buff\'s Guide to Outlaw Texas.


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