The lead surfaced in 2019 when the alleged killer's son visited the White County Sheriff's Office to be interviewed for a book about crimes in Georgia and recalled a story his father told him.
An inmate's confession to his son has helped the Watauga County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina bring closure to a 50-year-old triple homicide case.
"What I do have is a confession of the last living individual who was there that night the murders were committed. And that's what brings closure to the family and to our community," said Watauga County Sheriff Len Hagaman at a press conference. An inmate's confession to his son has helped the Watauga County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina bring closure to a 50-year-old triple homicide case.The lead surfaced in 2019 when Birt's son visited the White County Sheriff's Office. He was being interviewed for a book about crimes in Georgia and recalled a story his father told him. The son told deputies that his father admitted to killing three people in the North Carolina mountains during a snowstorm," Hagaman said.
It's unclear who solicited the crime against the Durham family, but Hagaman believes it was for profit.