In 1922, a man stood accused of a double murder in Breckenridge County. The press wasted no time branding him an escaped asylum patient from Alabama. But the real question lingers: was he legally insane, or did he know exactly what he was doing?Sources

The State Journal:2/14/1923, 8/17/1923, 3/19/1924

Messenger Inquirer: 2/13/1923

Owensboro Messenger: 12/9/22 , 6/15/1923,

The Kentucky Post: 6/18/1923, 5/9/1924

The Daily Independent: 4/4/1924

The Winchester Sun: 2/20/1924, 5/2/1924

The Breckenridge News: 4/23/1924

The Columbia News: 4/8/1924

The Courier Journal: 5/9/1924, 5/10/1924

The Lexington Herald Leader: 5/3/1924

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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Ferrell

Daily Commercial: https://www.dailycommercial.com/story/news/local/eustis/2019/12/01/mother-of-vampire-cult-killer-ive-changed/2178130007/

Orlando Sentienel On-Line https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2006/12/17/heather-wendorf-kelly-was-cleared-in-her-parents-1996-murder-in-eustis-now-married-and-living-out-of-state-she-reflects-on-a-tragic-time-2/

Ferell V FL 2000: https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/93127/93127ans.pdf

Anderson V FL: 2003: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1260192.html

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94130409/richard_james-wendorf ,https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94130515/naoma_ruth-wendorf

Orlando Sentinel 10/16/96, 11/3/96, 11/12/96, 11/26/96, 11/27/96, 11/29/96, 11/30/96, 12/1/96, 12/2/96, 12/3/96, 12/4/96, 12/6/96, 12/7/96, 12/8/96, 12/9/96, 12/10/96, 12/15/96, 12/17/96, 12/18/96, 12/19/96, 12/20/96, 12/21/96, 12/22/96, 12/24/96, 12/31/96

The Mayfield Messenger 10/16/96, 11/27/96

The Paducah Sun 11/3/96

Tampa Bay Times 11/27/96

When a murder happens, people instinctively search for answers. Why did it happen? And just as urgently, did the killer feel any remorse? Sometimes those questions are answered. Sometimes they’re only partially answered. And sometimes, they’re met with nothing at all.

In this episode from Evarts, Kentucky, the silence that followed a tragic murder was deafening.

Sources

Harlan Daily Enterprise: 5/10/1934, 5/11/1934, 5/22/1934, 11/14/1934, 11/15/1934, 12/26/1934, 12/27/1934, 12/30/1934, 1/2/1935, 1/13/1935, 1/14/1935, 1/15/1935, 1/16/1935, 1/17/1935, 1/21/1935, 4/2/1935, 4/19/1935, 4/21/1935, 5/27/1935, 6/23/1935, 6/26/1935, 6/27/2935, 6/28/2935, 6/30/1935,

The State Journal: 6/26/1935, 6/28/1935

Messenger Inquirer: 6/27/1935

Kentucky Advocate: 6/27/1935

The Courier Journal: 6/29/1935

Young V Commonwealth 1935 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914a4e8add7b049346c1779