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Not much here so I'll post my "hometown murder". Not my hometown but near where I live now and where I have hiked a lot.
Claudia Brenner and her partner, Rebecca Wright, were hiking part of the Appalachian Trail in southern Pennsylvania in 1988. Claudia has written a book that I read some years ago. https://www.amazon.com/Eight-Bullets-Surviving-Anti-Gay-Violence/dp/1563410559
The two women were staying at one of the overnight shelter areas when they first encountered Stephen Roy Carr. Rebecca was naked at the time as they had been alone at the shelter. Of course, they hurriedly packed up their gear and headed south on the AT. As they left, he reportedly said, "See you later."
Indeed, they did see him later. When they 'bumped' into him again, he was carrying a rifle. I'm sure they were appropriately creeped out because they took a side trail called 'Rocky Knob Trail' probably hoping to lose him. They set up camp beside a pretty little stream and settled in. After dinner, the women began having sex. (I don't know what the campsite was like then but now it's pretty overgrown and not easily accessed from the trail.)
That's when Carr, who was hiding in the brush on the other side of the stream, opened fire. Eight bullets (the name of Claudia's book) were fired, Claudia taking 5 and Rebecca 2 (the 8th bullet missed). The final bullet hit Rebecca's liver, shattering it, and killing her.
Claudia was hit in the arm, face, head and neck. She didn't know where the shooter was so she waited until dark before moving. Then, she crawled and stumbled for 3 miles along a dirt and gravel mountain road and then a paved road in the darkness.
Fortunately, a car came along - this is not a heavily travelled area so believe me she was very lucky anyone happened upon her.
Here's the nuttiest part: Carr left a crapload of evidence so the state police were able to start hunting for him immediately. He hid out in a Mennonite community where they didn't watch TV so they didn't know he was wanted until one member of the community secreted saw a TV news broadcast with Carr's picture, saw that he was wanted for murder and ratted him out. He tried to get away by floating down a creek in a barrel!
He was sent to prison for life without parole.
Don't go into the woods!