Baytown Sun
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The Baytown Sun, is a newspaper published in
History
The Baytown Sun was founded in
Halloween killer
In December 1985, the Baytown Police Department received five letters from someone identifying themselves as "Madman" and claiming to have been the killer in the Halloween murder of a local 11-year-old girl. Each letter contained a riddle which when answered, the author stated, would eventually reveal the killer's name. However, if the police answered incorrectly, another child would be killed on Christmas.[6] In an unusual request, the letters also demanded the answers to the riddles be printed on front page of the Baytown Sun.[7] When the Baytown police approached then Sun publisher Leon Brown with the request to publish the answers on the front page, he agreed, stating: "Police Chief Wayne Henscey said their publication could very well save a life. I was convinced, as were my editors, that the Sun's cooperation was a life or death situation..."[8]
See also
References
- ^ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "History of the Baytown Sun". The Baytown Sun. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "SNI Publications". Southern Newspapers Incorporated. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ Buck A. Young. "Baytown, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Handbook of Texas: Goose Creek, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "A year later, the Stiles family faces Halloween". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ "Answers to Stiles murder riddles apparently printed". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Paper had 'moral responsibility' to aid in probe, publisher says". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
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