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Over a span of years in the early 1990s, Robert Sylvester Alston killed at least four women in Greensboro, North Carolina. His victims were sex workers. In the time between the start of his killings the local police were slow to grasp the connections, and even arrested a man on very scant evidence who was released thanks to DNA evidence that exonerated him.
In this third episode in this current season, we're looking at Larry Darby Jr., the man who was falsely arrested. His story was told in the pages of the Greensboro News and Record as it was happening, but it wasn't until almost two decades later that a profile on Darby by Nancy McLaughlin offered him the opportunity to set the record straight.
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What you're going to hear are readings of articles from the Greensboro News and Record alternating with excerpts of an interview with Nancy McLaughlin.
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You can find links to all the articles from this episode below:
- 'I didn't do it:' Once accused of murder, Greensboro man comes home; Oct 4, 2015 by Nancy McLaughlin
- Man charged with woman's slasher killing \ "Awful early" to link to previous slayings; Sep 23, 1992 by Lorraine Ahearn & Tatiana M. With.
- Suspect says he isn't the killer \ "I ain't killed nobody"; Sep 24, 1992 by Lorraine Ahearn
- One arrest in five killings may be wrong one \ Judge sets $25,000 bond; Mar 17, 1993 by Libby Lewis.
- Suspect's DNA test is no link to killing; Mar 20, 1993 by Libby Lewis.
- Sole suspect in five slayings freed; no case; Mar 29, 1993 by Lorraine Ahearn & Libby Lewis.
'Late Edition: Crime Beat Chronicles' is a product of Lee Enterprises. It is produced and edited by Chris Lay, with interviews produced and recorded by Nat Cardona.