42 years, 4 months, 1 day
Larry was murdered in the offices of First Realty Group Inc., where he worked as a night watchman. He had been sleeping at his business to ward off robbers. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from Britt's convenience store, The Little Brown Jug, next door to the realty office.
Britt gained notoriety when he was hired by Sheriff Buford Pusser's mother to investigate her son's death. Britt believed he was murdered and not accidentally killed in a 1974 car wreck. He never proved this theory. Britt received $107,000 to investigate this theory.
A Marion man, Thomas Gaylord Lingle Jr., was charged with his murder. "Lingle is saying Britt was wanting him to pick up some drugs, and he got scared," assistant police Chief Sherman Nickens told The Tennesseean (newspaper). "That led to the shooting."
42 years, 4 months, 1 day
Larry was murdered in the offices of First Realty Group Inc., where he worked as a night watchman. He had been sleeping at his business to ward off robbers. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from Britt's convenience store, The Little Brown Jug, next door to the realty office.
Britt gained notoriety when he was hired by Sheriff Buford Pusser's mother to investigate her son's death. Britt believed he was murdered and not accidentally killed in a 1974 car wreck. He never proved this theory. Britt received $107,000 to investigate this theory.
A Marion man, Thomas Gaylord Lingle Jr., was charged with his murder. "Lingle is saying Britt was wanting him to pick up some drugs, and he got scared," assistant police Chief Sherman Nickens told The Tennesseean (newspaper). "That led to the shooting."
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