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D. H. Fleenor

On December 12, 1982 Billy Joe and Nyla Harlow returned to their Madison County Indiana home from church. In two was Nyla's daughter, Sandra Sedam-Fleenor (although I never saw Fleenor used when discussing her), Sandra's two year old son, Justin and two of Bill's grandchildren ages ten and twelve. Sandra had recently split from her husband, D.H. Fleenor (I never found a full name) but he had apparently come to the church service that evening, if even for just a few minutes. It seems the adults were talking about this as they entered the home. It was then that D.H came out of a hallway closet brandishing a gun and shot Bill in the stomach. He fell to the floor and D.H ordered the two women and three children into the front room at gunpoint. D.H then allowed Nyla to go to her husband, who was still alive on the hallway floor. As she bent over to tend to her husband, D.H went over and shot Nyla in the head. He then forced Sandra, with the help of the...