Facebook 'defriending' led to double murder
By Tim Ghianni, Reuters
A Tennessee couple who “defriended” a woman on Facebook were murdered in their home by the jilted woman’s father and another man, police said on Thursday.
“It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen,” said Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece, who has worked in local law enforcement for 27 years. “We’ve had murders, but nothing like this. This is just senseless.”
He said Billy Clay Payne, Jr. and Billie Jean Hayworth were killed last month after they deleted Jenelle Potter, the daughter of one of the suspects, from their “friends” list. Both were shot in the head and the man had his throat cut.
The couple’s 8-month-old baby was in the mother’s arms, unharmed, when the bodies were found.
Marvin Enoch “Buddy” Potter Jr., 60, and Jamie Lynn Curd, 38, were each charged on Wednesday in Mountain City in northeastern Tennessee with two counts of first-degree murder. The men were arrested on Tuesday.
Man this kind of story is crazy. Especially when I'm coming up on prime Defriending Territory in November. I mean I know people in Odessa are racist but you can't just let that freak flag fly on Facebook. I just hope I don't end up with a bullet in my head when I start defriending folks this election season.
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