Piketon Murders: Hillbilly Justice?

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Piketon Murders: Hillbilly Justice?

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Perhaps the most fascinating article I've read in weeks:

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-l ... 01357cbfb0

From Australia...
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I still don't believe the Mexican drug cartel angle. If I apply the logic of using information from similar stories I have heard throughout Appalachia (eastern KY, West Virginia, western Virginia) over the last 20 years, my first guess was that of a family feud with the feuding parties very likely to be different branches of the same family.
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In the last 15 minutes, I have a really bad feeling about latinos and crime, esp. in Appalachia. Just my gut feeling from an alert that came across my local news apps.
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