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Case #19: The Murder of Timothy O'Bryan

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Starting Note:  Before I move into the case, I just wanted to say I'm sorry that I was pretty radio silent for the month of September. Ok, here we go.  Halloween Night: Timothy O'Bryan For this case, we are going back to 1974. It was Halloween Night in Deer Park, TX. Ronald Clark O'Bryan was watching over his two kids, eight-year-old Timothy and five year-old Elizabeth. He was with them while they were trick or treating. They were also joined by O'Bryan's neighbor Jim Bates and his son.  Before long, they had come upon a house with no lights on. The kids went up to the house and knocked on the door anyways, but nobody answered. The kids ran on to the next house, and Bates followed. Ronald was temporarily left alone. Ronald caught back up with them a short while later, with some pixy stix. Ronald handed some out to each of the three kids trick or treating as well as another boy Ronald recognized from church, and some for Jim Bates' other child.  As the night unwo