The Murders of Danny Vine and Della Thornton
On January 16, 1991 firefighters in Camden Tennessee were sent to a home fire out in a rural area. The home belonged to Danny Vine, a prosperous mussel-shell diver. When firefighters arrived the home was so engulfed they knew they would not be able to save it, or anyone inside, if in fact there were people inside. They decided to basically let it burn until it got a point in which they could control it. This also meant that it would be a few days before they could get inside the rubble and start any investigation. Inside the burnt out home they found the bodies of Danny Vine and his fiance' Della Thornton along with the body of their dog. Investigators also found evidence that the fire had not been an accident and that an accelerate had been used. They learned that the victims had not been able to escape the fire because they had both been shot in the head, execution style, with a .38 caliber weapon before the fire had even started. It was apparently fairly well ...