| September 11, 1982 |
The home of Ken Dooley, who worked at Rome's Youth Development Center, is raked with gunfire. The following day Linda Adair's home, also an employee at the YDC, is firebombed
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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Rome, Georgia |
| September 25, 1982 |
Lisa Ann Millican, part of a girls group from the Ethel Harpst Home in Cedartown, Georgia, disappeared while on a trip to the Riverbend Mall in Rome. Her body would be recovered a few days later in Little River Canyon, Fort Payne, Alabama
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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Rome, Georgia |
| October 4, 1982 |
Janice Kay Chatman and John Hancock are abducted. Hancock is shot and plays dead while Judy and Alvin Neelley flee the scene with Chatman.
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| October 9, 1982 |
Judy Neelley is arrested at a motel in Murfreesboro, TN. Alvin is arrested a few days later. Mrs. Neelley admitted brutally murdering both Chatman and Millican and shooting and firebombing the homes of the YDC employees.
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| March 7, 1983 |
Trial begins in Alabama for accused murderer Judy Neelley
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| April 18, 1983 |
Judy Neelley is convicted of murder and sentenced to die in Alabama's electric chair
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| January 15, 1999 |
Judy Neelley, convicted of the brutal murders of two Georgia teenagers has her death sentance commuted by the Governor of Alabama
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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