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Dec 2022
35m 48s

Billy Sproates: Buried Alive

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When Billy didn't show up for a deer hunting trip, his family knew something was wrong. After authorities finally found his body, an autopsy concluded Billy was buried alive. Why didn't Billy's on-again, off-again girlfriend, Linda tell anybody that she hadn't seen him in weeks?


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