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A Chattanooga Based Crime Cast by Maci Bookout and Natalie Gard

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A Chattanooga Based Crime Cast by Maci Bookout and Natalie Gard

    Zoo Man / Thomas Dee Huskey

    Zoo Man / Thomas Dee Huskey

    In February of 1992 a woman went into the Knoxville Police station, claiming she had been raped, tied up and robbed. The woman was a sex worker, and she said the night before she had met a john, and he took her into his Buick Le Sabre to a secluded area of Cahaba Lane which runs parrel with I-40. The secluded area was used by sex workers and johns. There was trash everywhere, old mattresses and used condoms all over the ground. The police officer asked the woman to take him there and when they arrived the blue Buick was sitting there. She said, “that’s him, that’s his car.” Looking into the car she even saw some of her belongings. The officer walked back into the woods and found a young girl, naked on her knees with Thomas Huskey. Thomas was taken into custody but was later released because the girl involved was of legal age and didn’t want to press charges. 
    The summer and early fall of 1992 Thomas “Zoo Man” Huskey killed four women. Thomas is responsible for the deaths of Patricia Rose Anderson, Patricia Johnson, Darlene Smith and Susan Stone. All four women were known as sex workers. Some women feared Huskey because he could be mean. Some stayed away from him for that reason; others went with him because they needed the money. It was a hazard of the profession. He got away with his abusive treatment for a while. A hunter found the first body off Cahaba Lane on Oct. 20, 1992. The victim's name was Patricia Rose Anderson. She'd been strangled, bound and left under an old mattress. She was pregnant. In the coming days, Knox County investigators discovered the remains of another woman, and then another in the nearby brush. The bones of a fourth woman also were found. All told there were four women, several of whom had records for prostitution. There were no witnesses to the killings. But Pressley, the KPD detective, remembered that day months back when he'd caught Huskey in the act on Cahaba. He alerted the Sheriff's Office. 
    Thomas tried to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, saying he had multiple personalities. In an interview with police, officer Davenport stepped out and when he returned Thomas had turned into “Kyle” the dark personality. Kyle was demanding and mean. Kyle said, “Give me a cigarette and I’ll tell you everything.” Kyle admitted to all four kidnappings, rapes and strangulations of Patricia, Patricia, Darlene and Susan. Officer Davenport claimed, “It was all an act.” Other personalities would emerge: an Englishman who called himself Daxx and an effeminate character named Timothy. For the men who would defend Huskey in court, it was a crucial development -- evidence that somebody with multiple personalities might have committed a series of horrible crimes. If he were mentally ill, he could avoid conviction. If you live in or around Knoxville, many streets are named Kyle. His favorite soap opera character’s name was Daxx.  
    The trial would be the most expensive trial in history at the time. Jurors agreed he probably killed those women, but they couldn’t agree on his mental state. By day five of deliberation, they were deadlocked. It ended in a mistrial. By 2005 Thomas had two of the best attorneys in the state, it would equate to the prosecutors OJ Simpson had. The lawyers were doing it for free! They said the murder charges had no evidence behind them and the confession was coerced. Thomas was never charged with the murders of the women. He was charged with the kidnappings and rapes. Thomas Huskey sits in the South-Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee. He received a 64-year sentence. He will not be eligible for parole until 2056 when he will be 117 years old.  

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    The Fast Food Murders / Paul Dennis Reid Jr.

    The Fast Food Murders / Paul Dennis Reid Jr.

    Paul Dennis Reid was a troubled kid and as an adult he continued his behavior robbing restaurants and stores. By his mid 20's he had been in a car accident resulting in a $25,000 pay out. He took that money, got plastic surgery and moved to Nashville, Tennessee to be a country music singer. When that didn't work out for him, he started robbing restaurants again. Paul hit Captain D's, McDonald's and Baskin Robbin within a few months in 1997 resulting in 7 murders and one attempted murder. Paul has the MOST death sentences in Tennessee history. His capture will make you laugh.

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    4 murders, 1 town and all in 30 days

    4 murders, 1 town and all in 30 days

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    The Annihilation of the Lillelid’s

    The Annihilation of the Lillelid’s

    Twenty seven years ago, six teens murdered the Lillelid family over their van. Vidar, Delfina, Tabitha and Peter were a young family living in Knoxville, Tennessee. On their way home from a church function they stopped at a rest area and encounter 6 young people ages 14-20. They abducted the family, forced them in their vehicle and at gun point lead them to Payne Hollow Lane. They ordered the family out of the van and they were all shot and left for dead in a ditch. Only one member survived, hear the full story now. 

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    A Bad Guy Killed The Goodmans

    A Bad Guy Killed The Goodmans

    Stanley Eric Goodman was born on July 6, 1963 to Willard and Essie Goodman in Scott County, Tennessee. He was married at a young age to Sherry Goodman and was a father of 3. When Stanley and Sherry split, Sherry moved to Cleveland and the 2 children spent time with both their mother and father. 
    Terri Sue Lawson Goodman was born February 10, 1963 to Clifford and Mary and was described as a sweet and sensible person who had overcome a tragedy in her 20’s. Terri Sue was almost killed in a car crash in 1985, which had her hospitalized for months and years of therapy to learn how to walk and talk again. She was never able to work after the accident but she eventually met Stanley. And they married.
    In February of 2000 DCS was called to the Black Fox Elementary School where 8 year old BG had confided in her teacher about the sexual abuse she was receiving at the hands of her step father Hubert. Hope Tharp, the Child Protective Services team leader in Cleveland, Tennessee, responded to a courtesy request from the Scott County Department of Children's Services to investigate allegations of sexual abuse of B.G. by her stepfather. Ms. Tharp interviewed B.G. and B.G.'s mother. As a result of the reports and the investigation, the decision was made to remove B.G. and two other children from the Sexton home.  Hubert explained that B.G. was getting this information from her sister and her father saying, Mr. Goodman had told BG to say those things so he could get full custody of the children. 
    On May 16, 2000, Bradley County Sheriff's Detective Tony Alvarez had responded to a complaint initiated by a teacher at the Black Fox Elementary School. Along with DCS, Detective Alvarez spoke with B.G. regarding the allegation. He later spoke with Hubert regarding the allegation and advised him of his Miranda rights. Hubert Sexton waived those rights and signed a written waiver.  Mr. Goodman was not too happy about that arrangement and he was just getting the children to trump up some false allegations of improper sexual conduct.
    On May 20, 2000, Hubert and Preston went to work around 8:00 a.m. They left work around 12:30 p.m. Hubert drove Mr. Adams to the Budget Inn, where Mr. Adams was living at the time. Around 6:00 p.m. Hubert went to Maxi Muffler to visit with Clinton Daniel Mason, a mechanic at the Cleveland store. He asked Mr. Mason for his gun, a .22 rifle. Hubert. When they arrived at The Muffler Shop, Hubert  informed Mr. Mason that he had to "take care of some business in Scott County." E.G. accompanied the Strunk family to the races. Due to rain, the races were cancelled and the family returned home around 8:30 p.m. The Strunks took E.G. to her home around 11:00 p.m. Vella Strunk observed that no lights were on in the house. Vella Strunk remained in her car while E.G. went inside the house to get her some coffee. After E.G. returned with her coffee, Vella Strunk went home. EG then went back inside, went to her room and fell asleep for the night. The next morning, Vella Strunk telephoned her brother, Stanley Goodman. There was no answer at the Goodman residence. Within ten minutes, E.G. telephoned Vella Strunk, crying. E.G. told Vella that her father and stepmother were still in bed and that they had blood on them. Vella Strunk drove to her brother's home where she discovered the bodies of Stanley and Terry Goodman. She then called the police.
    The jury found, as to each count of first degree murder, that the proof established the aggravating circumstance that the murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with, or preventing a lawful arrest or prosecution of the defendant or another. The jury determined that the statutory aggravating circumstance outweighed any mitigating circumstances and, therefore, imposed sentences of death for the murders of Stanley and Terry Sue.
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    Not “Walking Tall” After All- The story you didn’t hear

    Not “Walking Tall” After All- The story you didn’t hear

    Pauline was a married mother of 3, her husband, Bufford was a police officer in McNairy County Tennessee near the Tennessee Kentucky line along I40., eventually becoming sheriff. Pauline was married before, having a son named Michael and a daughter Dian Vance. After growing up in Virginia and living in Chicago, Pauline met Bufford at a wrestling match. Bufford started off in wrestling. Buford Pusser was born in Finger, McNairy County, Tennessee, on December 12, 1937, his father was the police chief of Adamsville, Tennessee. Buford Pusser was a high-school football and basketball player and was 6 feet 6 inches tall. He joined the United States Marine Corps when he graduated from high school. His service ended and he was given a medical discharge for asthma.

    In 1957, he moved to Chicago, where he was a local wrestler known as "Buford The Bull". He married Pauline Mullins on December 5, 1959. Pusser returned home in 1962. He was Adamsville's police chief and constable from 1962 to 1964. After the sheriff James Dickey was killed in an auto accident, Pusser was elected sheriff, becoming the youngest sheriff in Tennessee's history. Pusser promptly began trying to eliminate crime and mob/mafia groups like the Dixie Mafia and the State Line Mob.

    Pusser was ineligible for re-election in 1970 due to the term limit then in effect. He was defeated in his bid for sheriff in 1972. Pusser blamed the loss to incumbent Sheriff Clifford Coleman in part on the controversy surrounding the making of the semibiographical movie Walking Tall. “Walking Tall” was a movie based on Bufford in the 1970’s then a remake happened in 2004 featuring Dwayne the rock Johnson and Johnny Knoxville. 

    The early morning of Aug. 12, 1967, the couple was heading to a disturbance call near the Tennessee-Mississippi line when a vehicle pulled up alongside theirs and began firing into the car with a military rifle, according to The Historical Marker Database and McNairy County Historical Society. According to Pusser, his phone rang before dawn on the morning of August 12, 1967, informing him of a disturbance on New Hope Road in McNairy County; Pusser responded and his wife Pauline rode along. Ride along were allowed then, but usually happened in daylight hours on a slow Sunday. Some believe he got a call around 2 am and where the shooting happened was only 20 minutes away from his house and the call came in of the shooting around 4 am. Shortly after they passed the New Hope Methodist Church, a fast-moving car came alongside theirs and the occupants opened fire, killing Pauline and leaving Pusser for dead. Doctors said he was struck on the left side of his jaw by at least two, or possibly three, rounds from a .30-caliber carbine. He spent 18 days in the hospital before returning home, and needed several more surgeries. 

    Pusser died on August 21, 1974, of injuries sustained in a one-car automobile accident four miles west of Adamsville. Earlier that day, he had contracted with Bing Crosby Productions in Memphis to portray himself in the sequel to Walking Tall. That evening, returning home alone from the McNairy County Fair in his specially modified Corvette, Pusser struck an embankment at high speed that ejected him from the vehicle. The car caught fire and burned.

    56 years after Pauline’s death, in February of 2024 they exhumed her body. No water was coming out of the casket so TBI is looking at the body for any other injuries. They weren’t in a wreck, so the only wounds on her body should be the shot to her head. No reports have been made public at this time, but we will keep you up to date. 

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