By JIM BALLOCH, Scripps Howard News Service

Tenn. reporter recalls fatal armed robbery in restaurant

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - When S&S cashier Dan Giles was shot to death Thursday night, I was seated just a few feet behind and facing away from his booth.

So I didn't see the robber who swaggered into the cafeteria on Kingston Pike just a few minutes before the 8 p.m. closing time, with his pistol and his desire for money he had done nothing to earn.

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'Tent Girl' sparked mission to name the unidentified dead

One Halloween night many years ago, a man named Riddle told a 17-year-old boy a chilling, true tale of murder and mystery.

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Widow charged in death of husband -- a second time

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The widow of a former district attorney whose death 16 years ago was blamed on trampling by cattle has been charged with his murder.The case is the second time Raynella Dossett Leath has been charged for the murder of one of her husbands.

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