Blood Ties
Nathan Heller explores a decades-old case: Two young lovers were convicted of a brutal slaying. Years later, why has the case become a cause?
The Haysoms called their Virginia retirement house "Loose Chippings," after a British phrase for scattered gravel. When investigators entered, they found the couple sprawled in gore. Nancy was traced in crimson whirls, "as if someone had wiped the blood around her like Windex on glass."