For you to travel over 300 miles to the last resting place makes you a diamond in my eyes ..god bless you Lamont

@septembersapphire347

3 жыл бұрын

That's just what he does 👍

@nicholasshade

3 жыл бұрын

WWJD ✝

@kimsmith819

3 жыл бұрын

Totally amazing to travel so far. I guess that's why we follow him. He does a complete story

@nicholasshade

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimsmith819 Hi, Kim. Love and light from Gore, Oklahoma. WWJD ✝

@madeleine9907

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed ...

Some guys tried to kidnap my old Boss, while she was working the graveyard shift at the gas station I worked at; SHE told these guys that they had to kill her right there, because she wasn’t going ANYWHERE with them. They got spooked & left! She got lucky

@nicolajones726

3 жыл бұрын

🙏❤️

@donnabrennan2031

3 жыл бұрын

thats exactly what i would do i would not move

@Livingdeadgirl72

3 жыл бұрын

Yes god was with her that day . Thank you god. She was lucky I’m glad she wasn’t hurt.

@DDT2358

3 жыл бұрын

Sad thought, but I feel that. You are not going to make victims out of my whole family…having them wonder where my body is.

@helenf.7221

3 жыл бұрын

Yes good for her so scary!

You travel to visit every single victim and you maintain a composure that is nothing but patience, respect, love and peace. You are incredible Lamont.

Travelling 300 miles to ensure all victims were respected truely shows the care and passion you have for the victims of crime keep uo the good work

I remember this case since I was close to those kids age and it was so cold blooded. Lamont, you are a class act my friend❣ I'm always impressed on how you tell the victims stories. But this one got me because of 5 victims, 5 different cemeteries. Nobody is forgotten by Lamont at Large 🌿 Thank you~ Joan

@keonblizzy3706

3 жыл бұрын

Lamont is that niqqa please believe he'll get to the bottom of any case. 💯

@cynthiahusband106

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lamont for telling this horrific story, touched me deeply , they all were so young , my God , 5 lives gone in one night , a girl raped , all taken to another location to be executed , must have seem like a lifetime getting to that location , the barn where they were lined up and killed. My heart just breaks for these young people , life meant nothing to the 2 (3) killers , but tragically destroyed 5 families -maybe their sister daughter a son a mother killed. These murders have left me with a heavy heart and speechless just tears , that’s all I have for these young people , tears. Thank you Lamont for the re-telling of this story which I did not know about , my sympathies to all the families involved , you give each victim such respect and you touched me when you said “ can’t seem to find any family around Mary Tyler’s grave , she’s here all alone , that got to me , you are a true gentleman in every sense of the word, your kindness, empathy , and compassion hit me hard, again thank you Lamont for all that you give to each case. RIP to the 5 young lives taken so violently RIP.

@user-yc2zb8ot5c

4 ай бұрын

I agree Joan my heart😢😢is hurting right now for them the families thank you brother ❤❤

Imagine working your butt off at a fast food place only to be killed afterwards... makes me so mad for them! Good to know God leaves no one unpunished.

@itsjustnopinionok

3 жыл бұрын

Look up the murders cases of Paul Dennis Reed he had Nashville and the surrounding area scared of him for a few months. My then roommate met him before it was discovered he was the killer. He use to live in my roommates parents neighborhood. He said he was a nice person to talk to. Who knew he was a serial killer. Killing restaurant employees for their nights take.

@briantruck2284

3 жыл бұрын

😢

@juliaweber212

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsjustnopinionok creepy

@Roedygr

2 жыл бұрын

It is just wishful thinking that god punishes killers. There is no evidence for that. The bible says only 144,000 Jewish male virgins go to heaven. Everyone else goes to hell

@icantthinkofaname5986

2 жыл бұрын

@@Roedygr there is absolutely evidence in nature itself as what you do unto others comes right back to you. Ive had the chance to witness it literally with everyone surrounding me that what they did unto others literally turned around and bit them in the ass and literally to the T. nature attests to it and I don't deny there is a greater power that created nature. So I figure to the few that didn't meet it here, their karma bus is getting extra full for the here after. Just because there be some corruption to the bible canon that does not mean that the true scriptures are not true.

I was 10 years old when this happened in Kilgore ....My mom and I drove through the drive thru and no one answered ...then we went to the window and a male starting waving at us to go while saying we are closed. There was someone behind him at the time. My mom, a African American woman, thought they were being discriminatory. So she drove to the front of the store and right when she was getting out the car, I begged her not to go in. I was 10 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday. I had a deep intuition that came over me and my mother got back in the car and we drove away. We were interviewed by Kilgore Police as one of the cars that stopped before the murders. Im so sorry this happened to so people. Just a horrible incident.

@chrissieroxba2949

3 ай бұрын

OMG! That’s crazy! You were both so close to pure evil! Thank goodness you talked your mom into not going in!!

@mikegarippo7815

Ай бұрын

In which African country was your mom born?

Lamont, again you have touched my soul. Sad ending for the five victims. Back in 1974 thru 1977. I also worked at a KFC. THREE BLACK MALES ROBBED THE STORE. MADE US GET ON THE FLOOR. MANAGER WAS HIT OVER THE HEAD AS HE OPEN UP THE SAFE. ANOTHER COOK WAS INSTRUCTED TO PULL THE PHONE WIRE FROM THE WALL. WE WERE LUCKY THEY LEFT WITH THE MONEY ONLY. THIS WAS IN CUYAHOGA FALLS OHIO. I FEEL SAD FOR THESE EMPLOYEES. REST IN PEACE FOREVER.

Never heard this story. It’s terrifying to think about what those 5 young ppl when thru and lost their lives over money. I’m glad they finally caught these idiots. DNA don’t lie.

@goldiebelle

3 жыл бұрын

And their blood cried out...

@LCx829

3 жыл бұрын

It's sickening what people do for money. They could have easily just robbed them and left. Why go that extra and kill them ? Very senseless murders.

@raymondaten2179

3 жыл бұрын

Actually there is a 3rd person they havent.

@deancarter2490

3 жыл бұрын

its ironic how every time I hear stories like this , the robberies occur at closing time when employees are taking out the trash at the back !!!

@0820XXX

3 жыл бұрын

That's not totally always true about DNA, Autumn. Because a lot of people go to KFC and some of those other places where they found this DNA. And some of them leave their DNA there by accident or unknowingly. And they don't clean every single thing in many of those restaurants also. And I must say that sometimes some people confess to crimes that they commit in the past also. And sometimes the police or law enforcement make some mistakes when it comes to gathering evidence, DNA, etc. in some other cases in the past also. And sometimes some bad cops or bad police, etc. falsely plant some evidence at some crime scenes in the past also. And some police or law enforcement arrest the wrong person because sometimes their DNA is the same as the DNA found at some crime scenes and it turns out that the person who actually committed that crime was their twin brother or sister in the past. And some people frame some other people sometimes at some crime scenes in the past also. And that's just some examples as to why DNA does sometimes lie at some crime scenes.

They so easily shoot and killed innocent people in such a cruel way yet one of them asks for a deal so he can avoid the death penalty. Seems so unfair .

@beckymoffitt7705

3 жыл бұрын

Killing 5 people should be automatic death penalty if convicted.

@Regina0964

3 жыл бұрын

@@beckymoffitt7705 Agree

@slinginlead6647

3 жыл бұрын

Offer him a deal, get the info they need, and send him to the death chamber anyway!! You play dirty, you get treated dirty!!!!

@vickieclark5931

3 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. Were these 5 people that they murdered able to make a deal to keep from getting killed? That just makes me sick. It's like these criminals are treated so much better and have more rights than good hard working innocent people that were just living their lives. I'll never understand it. The justice system in this country is completely a failure. SMH

@juliaweber212

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

I lived in Longview just down the road from Kilgore, and knew David Maxwell. His murder still upsets me. It was so damn unfair.

@JessicaScheck-rr1db

3 ай бұрын

Did you know Kenneth Cox by chance?

Thank you for your focus on these hard working victims. So often the focus is on the assailant. My mother was a victim of a shooting and I personally very much appreciate the people who remember that the innocent are the important ones in such matters.

Right on you traveled over 300 miles for the last victim thumbs up

@iraeaglemind

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.Complete respect for the victims.

@melissariley6294

3 жыл бұрын

We probably wont ever find another like Lamont. Hes beyond amazing.

@wileecoyote5749

3 жыл бұрын

KZread pays $500 per 40 views

@davonabowman9372

3 жыл бұрын

3mr4

@Eleanor-de-Bohun

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Al the all the effort you are doing. Terrible story just terrible an so sad. I hope with the present techniques that they find the third person. Stay safe Lamont God bless you.

Strange how people can be so loved in their lives to just be forgotten about as the years go on.

@MoMotivation0304

3 жыл бұрын

A speaker at my church said the same thing...he asked us to think of our great great grandmother or father. do we even know their names? do we know where they were born or how they died? We all can be forgotten just like that. Out of sight, out of mind.

@vickieclark5931

3 жыл бұрын

@@MoMotivation0304 Yep, especially once all the people that were behind you die. Then all the people behind them did not even know who you are. You are loved and missed by the ones that knew you. But once all of them are gone, it's like we don't exist anymore cause nobody on the earth knows you ever lived. Unless your a celebrity or something, we are all forgotten after so long. It's sad but true.

@PureNapture

3 жыл бұрын

People forget you while you’re alive 😢

@feleciaclemons5074

3 жыл бұрын

Dang.. that just made me hella sad

@lorimiller4301

3 жыл бұрын

Every Soul in Heaven knows you, they can see us at any time. We are on a stage, they check to see how we're doing. We are loved more than people know. God never forgets either.

David was my age he would have been 58yrs.old this is so heartbreaking to hear that someone my age was murdered like an animal Rip David class of 1981! 💕

@antimike11

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sadden hearing this, almost in tears right now

Lamont I love how you honor the people who died. Thank you for telling their stories.

This is a good example of why in training for a gas station they told us, never go with a robber. They are usually not found alive.

@vickieclark5931

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is a life lesson for us all no matter when or where it happens. If they are planning on taking you somewhere, that is a red flag that they going to end your life. Your just making it easier for them to hide you cause you let them take you to a secluded area.

@sarah2.017

3 жыл бұрын

I was also taught in self-defense class that if they want you to get in a vehicle, don't do it; just run in any direction. Also, in retail training, we were told that if we were robbed, to give them all the money, no questions asked. Money can be replaced; people can't. I also once saw a bomb threat protocol where two of the questions you're supposed to ask are "What is your name?" and "What is your address?" Research has shown that people are usually agitated enough, they will share that information.

@sarah2.017

3 жыл бұрын

@Strong Woman Car keys are an excellent weapon, and having them in your hand means you aren't a target while you're fumbling for them in your pocket or purse.

@Eleanor-de-Bohun

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarah2.017 I always keep my old keys and believe me that is a heavy slap in the face.

@sarah2.017

3 жыл бұрын

@@Eleanor-de-Bohun what?

When we go to work on any given day, we often times don’t think that it Could be our last day on earth. Thank you for keeping the memory of these victims alive Lamont, and keep doing what you do best. Godspeed.

@bellalegendre2644

3 жыл бұрын

Amen! That's so true.

@Eleanor-de-Bohun

3 жыл бұрын

Stay safe

@bgm2658

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@johnnyfire3860

2 жыл бұрын

Your right. It could also end very easily as soon as you get onto the roadways in your vehicle. One jerk of the steering wheel is all it takes. We walk a fine line almost every day

@michaell6807

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe if they locked the doors to the restaurant the crooks wouldn't have entered. Yet they were still tossing trash out.

Thank you for keeping the victims’ stories alive!!! Bless these families!!!

I worked at Wendy's when I was 17. Got robbed one night at closing. It's a scary thing to go through. I can't imagine what these poor people went through. Peace

Heartbreaking and senseless.

@nicholasshade

3 жыл бұрын

WWJD ✝

@lisaellis2593

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

It's so sad to see a couple of those graves unkept. Such a horrific story. Thank you for sharing and paying respects at their graves. You have such a kind heart Lamont. 💝🇨🇦

I live in this area and lived in Kilgore for a few years. This had people so divided because some were convinced Mankins did it. It took a long time to get him cleared. Thanks for doing this story Lamont. You did a great job with it.

Thank you for a great job sharing the memories of these victims. I was 8 years old when this occurred, I had been living in Henderson for just over a year. I still currently live in Henderson and travel through Kilgore daily to go to work in Longview. I didn't really know what was going on, only heard about people dying at KFC in Kilgore. Over the years I had forgotten about it, until They discovered the murderers. I knew Romeo Pinkerton and his family. I met them when I managed a small loan company in Henderson. The Pinkertons were actually some of my best customers. It was a shock to learn about his involvement. I knew there were some drug issues he had dealt with, but murder, I just couldn't fathom. I pray that the third party comes to light and he does his time, or has already met his maker.

I don't understand how he could take a deal to avoid the death penalty without giving up the 3rd person.

@marty7549

3 жыл бұрын

Educate yourself about legal procedures

@Floridafanatic28

3 жыл бұрын

@@marty7549 I think the statement was rhetorical rather than not understanding the legal process.

@debbieschultz9768

3 жыл бұрын

Our justice (?) system is broken.

@HotOneRecordz

3 жыл бұрын

@@marty7549 lol... did u get triggered? Fuk'n snowflake.

@anibalbabilonia1867

3 жыл бұрын

@@marty7549 educate yourself about procedures! Let's see how your answer would be if it was one your family members? The justice system in this country is broken and in need of some serious change! They should have gotten the death penalty no question or deals asked!

I remember this horrific tragedy. I am so glad these monsters were brought to justice. The third one needs to be found. All for 2900 bucks. wow.

@lynnoserb6398

3 жыл бұрын

It’s sad bc ppl killed for a lot least

@beckigreen

3 жыл бұрын

It was $29,000, not $2900.

@kennethsmith8968

3 жыл бұрын

@@beckigreen no i believe it was 2900.

@josecontreras2997

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennethsmith8968 watch the video again he clearly says $29,000

@andrewbouk1324

3 жыл бұрын

@@josecontreras2997 watch the video again, he clearly says the robbers may have over heard someone say the restaurant had done $29,000 in sales instead of the $2900 the restaurant had actually done that day. These scumbags probably heard 2900 and being the dumbasses that they are thought it was 29,000.

I've wondered over the years what happened to the Kilgore murders. I lived in Henderson, TX The Maxwell guy was my neighbors brother. It was sad and horrifying. There weren't wild and crazy crimes like this one then. I can still hear his sister telling me about the killing of precious souls. May they rest in peace.

I know Jimmy Mankins Jr. Picked me and my dog up about three yrs prior to this. Told him I was trying to go another 500 miles for a job in the oil field. Gave me a job got me a place etc. Good guy solid in my opinion. Years later I got a new guy on the tile crew and he was from Tyler Tx. To make it shorter he told me this story. I said NO WAY NOT JIMMY MANKINS NO WAY.!!! I'm so happy to find out that he was innocent and that my intuition was spot on. Shoot almost forgot in-between those two events I was going through and the van broke down. He was in a hurry, oil field was sunk and his trucking co. was moving equipment out of state for work. but gave me some cash and pointed us to a friend who gave us a new transmission from a car in his yard. People in East Texas are good people that even help strangers sometimes, especially if Jimmy Mankins ask. So I know it's a long comment, but felt compelled to share what I know of Jimmy. It is all good he has a good heart definitely a solid man. Thanks for helping me every time I was in need or asked. Lastly hope this quashes the shade the you tube dude slung on my friend. Because he is much more than a side note.

I love that you care so much for ppl you never knew in life.

Each time I see a video like this I’m reminded at how dangerous fast food jobs can be 😓.

@crashsmash1461

3 жыл бұрын

Everything is Dangerous, the Snow Town Murders was messed up in S.A South Australia, I'm not sure what, gets in to people's😔 minds🧠 sometimes, but ether they just do it for fun, or it's just pure evil, the one in Western Australia was messed up two, I mean who does that kind of thing🌍, shooting the victims & strip them butt naked, & feed them to Crocodiles they where tourists, going on a vacation, and obviously ended up the ☹️victims in the desert area🤷‍♂️ it almost sounds like something out of a Mexican movie hearing about this is Disappointing especially at a Colonel Sanders Restaurant...

@sarabyczynski4440

3 жыл бұрын

I work at Popeyes n customers can n do get crazy af

@crashsmash1461

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarabyczynski4440 no worries👍.

@debbieschultz9768

3 жыл бұрын

In this world, everywhere is dangerous!

@crashsmash1461

3 жыл бұрын

@@debbieschultz9768 I wasn't happy about what they did to Michael Jackson ether he was a ♍ like my niece Danielle Schirmer who also Nealy die in her house when she went all blue in the face she couldn't breath, when her throat closed up from weak immune system, in medical Centre ♌Renata ⚰️ 😢 thought her daughter was on death🤔 row🤷‍♂️...

I’m shocked, with as much murder research that I’ve done over the years, that I’ve never heard of this sad and tragic event. Absolutely evil and heartbreaking. I don’t think I’ll ever understand how people can do such horrific things. I just don’t get that mindset at all. I think that may be part of why I’m so interested in such cases. Amazing work as always Lamont! Thank you for sharing and for all you do. Prayers of protection and God’s blessings over you always. Stay safe

@Lamont At Large, thank you for humanizing the victims and allowing us to know their back story. I love your channel sir.❤️

Every time I hear this story it just makes me so sad for them all over again.... Maybe it's just me, but there is no way I would have built a house on that land. I pray their souls are at peace.

@vickieclark5931

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I would not want to live there either if I knew what happened there.

@woezacardoza5659

3 жыл бұрын

For a man you're beautiful

@juliaweber212

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@troylong8363

3 жыл бұрын

You on point lady they not have done that but it's white people they do anything for money

@op3488

2 жыл бұрын

@@troylong8363 Did you not see the colour of these criminals

The sad part outside of deaths of innocent people is how money means more than human lives. RIP to all who suffered at the hands of these monsters!

@darktrooper2099

2 жыл бұрын

*@Debbie Schultz : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :They'll pay........1 way or another......and pay dearly.*

@jackthegod9988

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how America was build , human life was never the priority but money

@neenalouise2633

Жыл бұрын

My dad used to say “money is the route to all evil”

Excellent work again, Lamont At Large. You could have gone to 4 out of 5 graves and said, hey that's it, and it still would have been a great story. By going to the last one, that shows your utmost dedication of giving everything that you have to complete the story. Thanks for sharing this story with the KZread community.

This guy needs to get over a million subs with all his channels no question you are a Pioneer of your field a true professional Great respect to you Lamont🍀☘️ Blessings to you sir🧙‍♀️ Pleasant Journeys 🧙

Thank you for taking the time to remind us of the FIVE beautiful, innocent souls we lost. May they all “Rest in Peace”.

This is so sad and what really pisses me off is that the two who committed this crime are still alive and the third one is out there enjoying life...I believe in the death penalty!

@darktrooper2099

2 жыл бұрын

They ultimately will suffer the consequences, no matter what their outcome may result in here in this world, and it will be for all eternity & certainly not pretty !

@andreabraun8235

2 жыл бұрын

sooo sad,and didn't know that

@robertjoseph5206

2 жыл бұрын

@@darktrooper2099 True that when They die They will face THEIR JUDGEMENT DAY NO ESCAPING GOD OR THE DEVIL

@darktrooper2099

Жыл бұрын

@@robertjoseph5206 *WILL BE BEYOND ANYONE`S GREATEST NIGHTMARE,JUST TO TO PUT IT MILDLY..........EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE THATS UTTERLY DREADFUL ALL AT ONCE.......AND I STILL FEEL THATS JUST BARELY SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL.......OR GRAZING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG ! BARELY.

@judithgrace9850

Жыл бұрын

Shave heads and harvest organs

I love Lamont & his channel - i just love that he does his research & tells us ( his audience ) all he can on these terrible but gripping stories. Thanks again my man. Jon in the uk.

This is the best coverage of a crime I have ever heard/watch. You are the first to honor the victims. God bless their souls and God give you grace for the mercy and love you have shown.

@LamontAtLarge

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Such a senseless tragedy. No mercy for these animals that committed this crime.

@lovesallanimals9948

3 жыл бұрын

Here's the thing they were not ANIMALS THEY WERE HUMANS ANIMALS DONT DO THAT!!

@bigjoe330

3 жыл бұрын

@@lovesallanimals9948 a word can have multiple definitions like this one: "a person without human attributes or civilizing influences, especially someone who is very cruel, violent, or repulsive" "those men have to be animals-what they did to that boy was savage"

@lovesallanimals9948

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigjoe330 i disagree they did something HUMAN AGAIN ANIMALS DON'T DO SHIT LIKE THAT ONLY HUMANS DO

@lovesallanimals9948

3 жыл бұрын

@@iampluvia7498 not true

When you said "I feel sad, I feel like she's out here by herself", that's how I felt when I went to put Christmas decorations on family graves and there was a headstone I had never seen before of a little boy who died 2 weeks shy of his 4th birthday from just a few years ago. Don't know the circumstances and doesn't appear that anyone has visited the grave (no decorations) so I put a stick decoration of a Christmas gingerbread man down into the ground for him this past year.

@nicolajones726

3 жыл бұрын

❤️what a lovely thing to do thank you Renexx

@loulou7963

2 жыл бұрын

Bless you for doing that 💓💓🙏

@arabelliajohnson8916

2 жыл бұрын

That was extremely nice and very heartfelt.

@spark_6710

2 жыл бұрын

This comment brought tears to my eyes now !! Thank you for doing that for that boy !! I wonder what's happened to his family !? So sad !!💔💔 💔💜🥁🐉🎤💞

@OSTARAEB4

2 жыл бұрын

That was thoughtful of you to do. Bless you and the little boy lost now found.

The oil lease was my great grandfather’s and he was supposed to go out to check the wells that night. For some reason he just didn’t feel like going and was just going to check the next day. If he would have gone he would have been there during the murders.

@JohnWickkkk

2 жыл бұрын

Nah

Lamont, I grew up in North East Texas about an hour from Kilgore and I have never heard of this. I’m only 27, but my mother would usually tell me about the stories. When I asked her about this one, she remembers. Here I am thinking nothing like that could ever happen in something so small in Kilgore. Thanks for all you do!

Thank you Lamont for telling us this story, I had never heard of it before. And it’s very kind of you to visit all five victims graves and take the time. It’s sad about Mary, I felt sad as well about her being on her own in the cemetery.

Curious as to what happened to Donald Maxwell, David's brother. He died less than 2 years later. Those poor parents.

@jeremiahlarkin1134

3 жыл бұрын

I wondered that too! Thankyou for bringing that up! Have you found out? He was so young too! I was thinking 🤔 maybe Suicide after losing his younger brother maybe!

@kaybee126

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremiahlarkin1134 i was trying to look it up as well

@vickieclark5931

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremiahlarkin1134 I was wondering that also. Especially with what was written on his stone. It's almost like the loss of his brother drove him to end his life. I'm just speculating of course. But I think you may be correct on what happened cause that was my thinking also.

@tressabaker6514

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremiahlarkin1134 I was wondering that as well. Would like to know. :(

@sarah2.017

3 жыл бұрын

I found a newspaper article that said that he was living on an Air Force base outside Little Rock, and shot himself in the chest in an apparent suicide.

I was driving through Tucson, AZ in January of 1999. The radio said three workers at a Pizza Hut had been murdered the night before. I just found out today that the two men that committed the crime have been in prison for 20 years but one of them is to be released in a few years. He has no right to be set free. That's not justice. .I enjoy your stories Lamont. You have a lot of empathy for people.

You do such a beautiful job of narrating some really heart breaking stories. You do it with such empathy and class

Lamont I'm sure I've told you before but I must say again you really do a fantastic job!

You come a long way bro. First video I ever watched of yours was I just quit my job. Look how far you have come with your channel man! Love it. Great content

It’s so sad, my wife and I used to eat there when we lived there1976-1979. When I heard about we were so shocked. Wondered if they would ever catch them. Thank You, God they did. Rest In Peace!

The story of this crime is strangely, or should I say eerily similar to the "Burger Chef Murders". First, access to the store was gained when someone took out the trash. Second, everyone in the store was kidnapped. Third, they were taken approximately 20 miles from the scene of the crime. Fourth, they were shot. Did anyone ever try to connect the two?

@nickhill8612

3 жыл бұрын

I know right. I was thinking he had his videos mixed up. This is fimilar and very scary. I'm wondering if they are connected to.

You have done a great tribute to the victims. Very good presentation and editing. Humans can be so evil. I hope they find the 3rd killer. May they all rest in peace. My heart goes out for the families.

@briantruck2284

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

One thing Ive learned watching these kind of video's is Fast Food restaurants are not safe for anyone.

@carramrod8232

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely not your arteries

@vickieclark5931

3 жыл бұрын

@@carramrod8232 Yeah, I think the food has killed more people than murderers that target these places.

@sarah2.017

3 жыл бұрын

I worked in fast food when I was younger. I can't recall any really scary customers, but I definitely worked with some scary people, and they didn't LOOK scary on the surface which made them even more dangerous.

@JohnWickkkk

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarah2.017 same here 👍

This story has always haunted me whenever it comes to mind. My friend lived in Longview at the time and she told me how scary it was, no one felt safe. We moved to Longview a few years later and driving through Kilgore I would always look at the old KFC building. Another friend was actually planning on going there that night even though it was close to closing, she was craving pulleybones. Her friends’ Dad convinced them to stay in and he fixed them some chicken instead. She knew they surely escaped death. So scary and so sad. Thanks so much Lamont for covering this,God bless you and keep you safe ❤

My heart goes out to the victims who suffered this senseless massacre an their families an close friends as well!! I almost couldn't finish watching this video!! Rest Easy people!!

@lisahines74

2 жыл бұрын

@@jojohustler8463, my pleasure Jojo, thanx

This is so heartbreaking. Young people all working hard and having their whole lives ahead of them and this happens. I hope those scumbags burn in hell. That is really where they belong. They act like Satan, they should be with them.

It hit me when you mentioned that it seemed she was there all by herself. Being family less I can understand that being in that position.

I remember very vividly when this happened. I grew up in a little town just 10 miles north of Kilgore. I had grandparents and an aunt who lived there.From the very beginning Jimmy Mankins Jr was their prime suspect. The rumor was that one of the male employees had a new recipe for methamphetamine and Jimmy Mankins wanted it. Every Saturday we would visit my grandparents and I would ride with her and my mother to go buy dinner from that KFC. It was a real tragedy

There is so much evil in this world. My sympathy to the families.

Be safe out there Lamont❤️ Another intense story. Thank you for your work and prayers to the families of the victims 🙏

Lamont you have a great respect for many who have lost their lives in the worst possible way. I hope many families thank you for that.

My condolences to the family, Lamont you gives us a new perspective on life with your in-depth narrative and research with how these victims and suspects lived their lives. Very passionate work

Lamont, have you ever heard of the HiFi murders that happened in Utah? You should cover that one. One of the most awful things you'll hear. Thanks for your content! Loves and prayers to keep you safe.

@Floridafanatic28

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that one is pretty brutal.

@bellalegendre2644

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard of the HiFi murders. I watched a TV movie about it. But when I read the actual details of the crime, it was beyond gruesome in my opinion. Just like the Wichita nightmare. I think Law & Order: SVU did an episode based on that case.

@jenniferfields7113

2 жыл бұрын

Do Brown Check in ILL

@TheAlecgator5

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, that happened in Ogden. Super brutal, all I can recall from there was that the murderers were ex-Air Force that raped one of the workers and stomped a pen into the ear of another. Obviously, there is more information online, but that is what I can recall from the incident.

I remember this well. I lived in Gladewater and was in jr high school. It was the first time that my little "safe" world was rocked. The realization that horrific crimes did not just happen in big cities, but could be that close was just shocking. Thank you, Lamont, for bringing the stories behind the memorial markers. You truly do a great job researching and just presenting the facts as they are known. Side note* At Friendship Cemetery, there is a marker just above Montgomery's is my parents marker where my mom is laid to rest. I did not realize that he was laid to rest at Friendship. Thank you again for what you do for families.

I remember reading about this story I was about 20 that year and was terrified about the details… It really affected my psyche I felt so bad thinking about their last moments Of course since then sadly I’ve done that so many times reading about so many other lives lost to violent crime through the decades … 💔💔💔 Thank you 💖💖

Wow!! Your level of dedication to this is UNMATCHED!! I can’t believe u traveled all the way to Kilgore Texas. I work here in Kilgore and I know the exact spots u covered here. I was 2 years old when the murders happened and literally living 25 minutes away from Kilgore in small town called Longview Texas. This was amazing to see. Keep up the awesome job❤

This story is very strikingly similar to the burger chef murders in speedway IN. It was around the same time frame and the employee's bodies were found headed south. I wonder if they ever thought if these two or investigated them. Wow mind blown. Great video Lamont, never heard this story before..

@witteney3334

3 жыл бұрын

I just tried to make the same comment but now can’t find it. I’m in Indianapolis and remember this quite well. Also thought it was eerily similar just as you did.

@a.g9539

3 жыл бұрын

I'm born an raised in Indy and this does sound similar to the burger chef murders sad it's still a unsolved case

@jg53fuzzy89

3 жыл бұрын

Wtf?!?!?! Coincidence much? Probably not man

@Ccniner148

3 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same

Those dogs that you passed running up to the fence were absolutely beautiful

I remember this story being featured on Unsolved Mysteries back in the day. Senseless & disturbing case. Really could've been anyone as I myself worked at a KFC while in high school in South Carolina. My store got robbed one night when I was off. Though the employees that worked that night were tied up, fortunately the robbers only took the money in the registers & some bags of frozen chicken. The employees escaped with their lives though I'm sure it's still a very traumatic experience you never forget. RIP to the victims in this case 🙏🏾

Man I remember this murder story back i the 80s! That was probably one of the worst masacre in the 80s! I just can never fathom the horror those victims felt as they where led to their demise! I just hope that God have their souls resting at peace. 🙏😢as for those who committed that horrendous crime! They should have gotten the death penalty no iffs and no buts about it! There should have never been a deal taken! This country's justice system is all screwed up! Thank you for taking the time to show us all a little bit about them! What a great tribute!✌👏

Thank you Lamont for being so informative and so thorough, even if so depressing! Moral of the story - we must treat each other better and life, all life, must be considered precious!

@jellybear35

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, very depressing. A lot of the stories he covers are very depressing. Kids killing their whole families are trying to anyways. The frozen yogurt restaurant massacre that was depressing as heck too. Lots of crazy in this world makes me scared to go out my front door

Safe travels, Lamont! Be careful out there! And may God bless you for all that you do!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

dude you truly are honoring these people, thank you for compassion, and stories to share for poor people of violence, may they all rest in eternal peace

You are now officially my favorite YT channel. Your personality and ability, and willingness, to travel to locations, do research, and tell the story so perfectly ..... amazing. I will say I had this mixed up with another fast food restaurant killing I remember. I thought it was also a KFC but may be wrong, but I remember there was also a robbery (if memory serves, I think it ended up being a former employee who was one of the people who did it) and several workers were murdered and an opening employee in the morning found the bodies. Sickening, from someone who spent many years as an assistant manager in a restaurant which was also open very late and we were also robbed by scumbags walking into an unlocked back door. This was back in around 1990, in Amherst New York, and ironically, we were also a chicken restaurant. We specialized in chicken and ribs, the rotisserie type of chicken you see at Sam's Club and Costco, only before Sam's Club and Costco, and it was very popular and VERY busy. I actually had that night off, but I closed probably 75% of the time and by the grace of God I missed the terror five of my co workers endured, as the other assistant manager worked that Saturday night. Two thugs entered with sawed off shotguns and made them all lie down on the floor and "wait" for the manager to come back at one in the morning to "take care" of the money. The assistant manager on duty lied about the manager coming back because for some STUPID reason he decided to play hero with the owner's money and he told them he didn't have the combination to the safe, which of course, he did, and they endured probably forty minutes of terror not knowing if they were going to live or die, and they finally were locked inside a cooler and the thugs got away without harming them and with MUCH less money than they could have. STUPID and reckless decision by the assistant manager to put innocent lives in danger for the owner's INSURED money, but he wasn't known for being overly adept at making good life decisions. Thankfully, they two scumbags, who were robbing restaurants in the area for months, were caught and my other assistant manager had to go to court and identify them and testify against them. This was back when New York State used to actually try and convict and sentence violent offenders, and I believe they both got twenty years. It's NOT an easy way to make a living and yes, we were very guilty of complacency, even leaving the back door WIDE open until two in the morning some nights. We learned a hard lesson, but thankfully, no one was harmed.

The death penalty should have been done a long time ago. They get to live their lives while their victims lie in the ground their lives cut short. If the wife had gone down there 2 more lives would have been taken since the wife was pregent. A wife lost her husband and a child never got to meet their dad. Thank you for telling their story so they can be remembered. 💖

This is such a sad story. I'm glad that they were able to finally arrest people for the crime after DNA testing became available. The 3rd person will be brought to justice one day, somewhere.

@KQuinn672

3 жыл бұрын

If not down here than with their maker!

@craigbosko2229

3 жыл бұрын

IF LAW ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T CATCH UP TO THE 3rd PERSON,GOD WILL!

@kevinmalone3210

2 жыл бұрын

Even if he's never caught, there's a special place in hell for him.

@illumination101

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, but wld like to think it's a close friend or a relative of theirs. Cldnt be too many ppl he wld be running with that was that violent. Older ppl wld know if they're still alive.

Excellent job! You did amazing job on this tragic story! I know my husband and his buddies are in Heaven smiling on the job you did!

I’m 39 and I’ve outlived all 5 victims. Beautiful lives snuffed out way too soon, just for some low lives to get some easy money. So sad. Thank you Lamont for sharing these stories with us, stories that we would otherwise never know about.

@crsmith845

Жыл бұрын

I agree this story is so sad😥💔

Much respect and props for all you do sir. Keep up the good work.

I was just out of high school! I never worked at a fast-food restaurant and I wouldn't because of this story!! It hit me that these places have to much money at the end of the night!

@vickieclark5931

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think of fast food like convenience stores. They just seem to easy to rob because of the seclusion of these kinds of jobs, especially at night where there are hardly any people around. Just a couple people left that are closing. It's not like a retail or grocery store where there are lots of people around. Even after closing, there are still lots of employees in bigger settings. But the seclusion of these places is what makes them so scary and easily targeted.

My sister's first job was at KFC back in the late 80's early 90's. I would have hated for something like this to have happened to her. This is disgusting and I'm sorry people go through senseless violence.

The fact that you drove those extra 304 miles for Opie..makes you a hero in my book!😉👍😥

OMG this is so sad Lamont Just the ride to the field how terrifying

I remember this like it was yesterday. My grandfather lived right down the street from there. He was a US Marshall, he always said they knew who did it, but couldn't prove it.

Thank you for bringing stories like this to light, and not forgetting those that died.

RIP to the victims☹️

@nicholasshade

3 жыл бұрын

WWJD ✝

Why don’t they run the DNA through ancestry reg to find this creep 🤔🤔🤔 Thank you Lamont and have a blessed day 🙏🌹🌹🌹💝

@septembersapphire347

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they should do that, I'm sure he's in there.

@jessicawarren1645

3 жыл бұрын

They can't. I've heard that ancestry put a stop to law enforcement submitting DNA to their site.

@nana_wwg1wga

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicawarren1645 That company may have however there is a company who does this however I was just saying 😊 There is more than one way to skin a cat 😂

@sheilariley1261

3 жыл бұрын

Ged match cooperates fully with LE.

Rest In Peace to all of the victims. Such a sad ,heartbreaking story.

Thank you so much Lamont, for traveling all over the country bringing us countless stories of people who would otherwise be forgotten. RIP to these five victims, I can't begin to imagine what was going through there minds....

That’s so sad! I never heard of this story. Rest In Peace to all 5 victims. ❤️

That's so sad, all this life lost over money. I'm grateful that you tell their stories and the view of you going into the cemetery with the sun setting was beautiful, keep on keeping on Lamont

@kevinbrown1437

3 жыл бұрын

thats because they refuse to get their butts to look for a job

@tressabaker6514

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was just money. I think sometimes People THIS evil, just "want to kill someone" anyway! Probably just for the "high" of it! Who knows? :(

I don't even know what to say, I'm speechless for once! RIP!

That's similar to the Brown's Chicken murders in Illinois.

@jenniferfields7113

2 жыл бұрын

Yup I just said that . That was very scary and sad .

Those fast food workers dont make enough killed by scumbags rip to those murdered

I live in Texas ( Irving -part of DFW ) and I do remember hearing about this case. I can just imagine how they were thinking knowing they would be killed soon. So sad 😞

@jenniferfields7113

2 жыл бұрын

Browne Chicken had one to I forgot what year . I think late 80s but they was in the freezer all 8 people . 😢😢😢

One customer said she was in line when one girl (like in her teens) was on a phone talking loudly in front of all of the customers saying someone need to come in to make a drop off because there was too much money. That lady whom was in line said that she thought to herself, that was a mistake and she shouldn’t have said that in front all the customers. Right afterwards, She saw a man in line leave very quickly and he was in line behind her. She told law enforcement which later matched one of the convicted killers. Discovery ID, Motives and Murder: Cracking the Case, Texas Massacre. Season 4 Episode 8

The video-producer started filming from where the KFC once stood. Where the Burger King sits, which is fairly new, there used to be an old-school Pizza Hut and What-A-Burger restaurant across 259 from where he's walking. This stretch of highway 259 has completely changed since then. It's virtually unrecognizable to me today in this video, in comparison to the lay-out back in the old days. I remember this case very well. I spent portions of my childhood in Kilgore. My grandparents were residents of Kilgore. Grandmother taught third grade there in the late '50's, '60's and very early '70's. My Grand Dad was a retired teacher and principal of the Gaston School near Henderson, and sold insurance in Kilgore for many years. Everyone knew one another in Kilgore. My Grand Dad was voted in as justice of the peace around 1980 or '81. I don't quite recall, but my Grand Dad may have been the J.P. who dealt with this murder when it took place. He only lived another 18 months after the incident, passing in February of 1985 at home in Kilgore from a massive heart attack. My Dad grew up in Kilgore and graduated from Kilgore High School in '49 or '50. I was 16 years old when the KFC murders happened. What a horrible story, but I'm glad this producer has brought this story to KZread. It brings back memories for sure, and this incident is the only negative memory that I can draw from my experiences there. Good place and good people, mostly. Good video. Thanks. 👍

*Sigh* 😔 Money 💴 is truly the root of all evil. RIP

@septembersapphire347

3 жыл бұрын

It's not money that's evil, it's the low life's who want to rob for it instead of working for it that are evil. Kind of like guns don't kill people, it's the people with the gun in their hand who search out their prey to kill who kill people.

@MoMotivation0304

3 жыл бұрын

Correction luv, but its the LOVE of money. Money itself isn't evil. It's the heart for it.

@jpb544188

3 жыл бұрын

The love of money

@lorimiller4301

3 жыл бұрын

It's not having trust that God will provide for you. If you're here, you made a plan with God before coming so you have to trust that you will be lead to the right thing at the right time without having to steal. Stealing means you don't believe you're worthy of having it.

@MoMotivation0304

3 жыл бұрын

@@lorimiller4301 WoW.... Amazing to think about

Oh wow, to think that I grew up in a small town, 73 graduates in 1983. Never thought of something like this growing up

@beliedat2457

3 жыл бұрын

32 in 1985 for me lol

@Regina0964

3 жыл бұрын

642 class of 1983 I lived in a large city..lol

@gabbiesmeemee

3 жыл бұрын

@@Regina0964 wow, that's a huge class

@blackonyxtv823

3 жыл бұрын

My class was 108 back in 2005

@zekesgirl100

3 жыл бұрын

27 graduates, 1975