OMG OMG OMG! I finally found the REAL black sheep for the book!

[fudge stripe cookays]

In searching for his mother (her name was Lolita Frye), I stumbled across this:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/20/35-year-old-murder-case-has-new-twist/

This murderer appears to be my fourth cousin! :wow:

Cool....
Not really cool, per se, it's just that everybody else in the book has been such nice, normal farming folks. Now we have a homicidal jerkoff.
:D

[Maru Kitteh]

1. That's not a black sheep - It's a SPACE STATION! n/t

[sybylla]

2. That's "alleged" homicidal jerkoff.

Those Black Sheep are so elusive. Glad to see you're getting time to hunt them down and work on your book in between packing.

[katkat]

3. so was he convicted?

I couldn't find any later information. That article seemed pretty damning until I got to the part about the woman who accused him being in at least the early stages of dementia. Without credible testimony from her, it doesn't look like enough of a case to convince me, if I were a juror.

[CountAllVotes]

4. Betty Frye in 1948

:D

[kestrel91316]

5. Black sheep are cool once they're DEAD, lol. My g-g-g-grandfather

was a hired assassin of sorts, though rewarded well for a couple of decades........

[CBHagman]

6. Genealogical black sheep.

Here's a useful webpage for those of you who want to explore (and/or cringe about) your ancestors' misdeeds or missteps.

http://ibssg.org/blacksheep/

[goclark]

7. Now that is amazing nt