Alabama 1978 cold case solved — arrest shocks community

Описание: In October 1974, identical twins Sarah and Rebecca Martinez vanished during their twelve-minute walk home from Murphy's Diner in Pike County, Alabama, sparking one of the state's most baffling missing persons cases. Despite an intensive search involving hundreds of volunteers and federal agents, no trace of the twenty-year-old sisters was found for forty-five years.

The breakthrough came in October 2019 when a deputy discovered their remains hidden in an abandoned coal mine, and modern forensic technology led investigators to Howard Keller—an eighty-year-old retired maintenance supervisor who had lived in the community for decades, even attending vigils for the missing twins. DNA evidence, industrial lubricants in soil samples, and journals written by his abused wife finally exposed the killer who had hidden in plain sight for nearly half a century.

Keller was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and died in prison in 2022, never revealing the full truth about that October night. But the question remains: how many other killers are still walking freely among us, believing they've gotten away with murder?

⚠️ DISCLAIMER: Names and specific details have been altered to protect privacy. The core events of this case are presented as accurately as possible based on public records.


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