Episode 509: Alvin and Judith Ann Neelley Part 1

<p>On September 11, 1982, Ken Dooley, a Youth Development Center employee in Rome, Georgia, was shot at in his home by an unseen attacker. The following day, Dooley’s coworker, Linda Adair, was also attacked when someone threw a Molotov cocktail at her house in an attempt to kill her.&nbsp; Although neither Dooley nor Adair knew it at the time, these were the first attacks in the violent crime spree of Alvin and Judith Ann Neelley, a married couple whose brutality would shock in and around Georgia in the fall of 1982.</p><p>Thank you the the incredible Dave White of Bring Me The Axe Podcast for Research Assistance.</p><p>References</p><p>Anniston Star. 1982. "Woman seeks juvenile status in slaying." <em>Anniston Star </em>, December 2: 28.</p><p>Associated Press. 1982. "Probe covers two states in death, disappearance." <em>Anniston Star</em>, October 6: 10.</p><p>Birmingham Post-Herald. 1982. "Jury indicts Mrs. Neelley on capital murder." <em>Birmingham Post-Herald</em>, October 29: 2.</p><p>—. 1982. "Neelley's wife sits while he talks." <em>Birmingham Post-Herald</em>, October 22: 2.</p><p>—. 1982. "Suspect in canyon deaths gives details of 7 more slayings." <em>Birmingham Post-Herald</em>, October 22: 1.</p><p>—. 1982. "Woman killed 2, authorities charge." <em>Birmingham Post-Herald</em>, October 16: 1.</p><p>Columbus Enquirer. 1982. "13-year-old found dead." <em>Columbus Enquirer</em>, October 1: 7.</p><p>—. 1983. "Neelley jury suggests life without parole." <em>Columbus Enquirer</em>, March 23: 1.</p><p>Cook, Thomas H. 1990. <em>Early Graves: The Shocking True-Crime Story of the Yongest Woman Ever Sentenced to Death Row.</em> Boston, MA: E.P. Dutton.</p><p>Dunnavant, Bob. 1983. "Jury hears 'robot' defense." <em>Birmingham Post-Herald</em>, March 10: 1.</p><p><em>Judith Ann Neelley v. State of Alabama.</em> 1985. 494 So. 2d 669 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, March 12).</p><p>Morning Press. 1983. "Neelley to get death penalty." <em>Morning Press</em>, April 19: 1.</p><p><em>Neelley vs. Alabama.