The Soledad Times Monday 26th July - Double murder at Soledad Ranch shocks local community!

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Michelle Grant 5E

                                                                                                                                                                     The Soledad Times             Monday 26th July

Double murder at Soledad Ranch shocks local community!

The town was Soledad was brought to a complete standstill yesterday as news of the murders of a local woman and a ranch worker broke out. This truly shocking tragedy has been on everybody’s minds since yesterday evening and it has been all anybody has talked about. But this double murder is stranger than most other cases, for everybody knows who the two killers are but the big question is why? What caused the two men to do what they did? What were their motives? Everybody wants to know but only the two men in question have the answers.

Another detail very peculiar about this case is that the second murder was the killing of the man who committed the first murder just a couple of hours beforehand. And to add to the confusion is that the two murderers were actually best friends, which would mean that the man who was killed was killed by his best friend!

Soledad has always been a quiet and pleasant little town, until yesterday that is. The once peaceful and cheerful atmosphere that has always surrounded the town has been destroyed by this horrendous event the town is now in a state of shock, sadness, and anxiety. There has been very little life about the place, nobody has came out to meet their friends, go to the bar, or even for a walk, and although it is a cod, rainy day, I don’t think it is the reason why so many are worried to show their faces.

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 As the deaths of Lennie Small and Diane Parker were announced yesterday, the local community of Soledad went into a state of frenzy due to shock and disbelief. The news broke out last night about the sudden death of Diane Parker, wife of Curley Parker, and rumors spread that a Mr. Lennie Small, who had only recently came to the ranch with his traveling partner and best friend George Milton to work, had committed the murder and was being searched for. Then, shortly afterwards, the sheriff announced that this Mr. Small had been found dead down by the Salinas river, ...

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