Killed on Parole: The Explosive 1942 Spree of North Carolina Killer David Herman Allen #truecrime

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North Carolina, 1942. The quiet towns of Rowan County were rocked by a string of shocking murders committed by David Herman Allen, a man who had been released on parole after serving time for a prior homicide.
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Allen's violence began in 1930 with the murder of his boarder, Handy Minson Hodges, over an alleged affair. Sentenced to 30 years, he was paroled after barely a decade. In January 1942, he launched an explosive spree, murdering his neighbor, Cap Raynor, his wife, Ruth Allen, and his brother-in-law, Grady Lee. A massive manhunt followed. Allen was quickly apprehended, confessed openly, and was sentenced to death. On October 30, 1942, Herman Allen was executed by gas chamber at Central Prison in Raleigh. The case stands as a grim reminder of how a single parole decision can have devastating, multiple consequences, closing one of North Carolina’s most chilling early 20th-century crime stories.

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Sources: News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina · Thursday, August 07, 1930 pg. 4
The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina · Thursday, January 15, 1942 pg. 12
The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina · Friday, February 13, 1942 pg. 3
The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina · Wednesday, October 14, 1942 pg. 12
The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina · Friday, October 30, 1942 pg. 7
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