Ep 19 - The Blue Ridge Savings Murders

Murders during the commission of a robbery are rare, so what would bring someone to kill 3 people in a South Carolina bank in 2003?

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Sources

• FBI Bank Crime Statistics 2003 - https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/stats-services-publications-bank-crime-statistics-2003/view
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• Unsolved Mysteries Podcast – Three Dead at Blue Ridge Bank – Season 1 Ep. 19 – 6/23/21
• Catch My Killer Podcast – Episode 41: The Unsolved Sylvia Holtzclaw Homicide Case – July 19, 2020
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