Macedonia

he's a reverend? I guess.

He was actually a traveling preacher from England, and he roamed the Midwest for a few years before finally settling with his wife in Macedonia, Iowa, which is less than an hour from Villisca.

At least by today's, I couldn't possibly tell you how long it took to get from one town to the other in 1912.

It's like he didn't even do the research.

So it was fine.

You know what? Probably did.

Additionally, witnesses allege that on the train back to Macedonia the following the morning after the murders, he had with some excitement told his fellow travelers about the murders in Villisca hours before the bodies had been discovered.

But of course, this is presuming they were right about the time he got on the train.

I sure did.

Still owe Macedonia, Iowa some city taxes.

[laughs]

[laughs]

He was an English-born minister, the son and grandson of ministers, who had come to the United States with his wife in 1904.

He had preached at small churches across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Kansas, and Iowa, and by 1912 he was living in Macedonia, Iowa, and serving as a traveling preacher to small communities in the region.

Kelly was a small man, slight and short, often described as peculiar.

He was said to have suffered a mental breakdown as an adolescent.

Dave learned that Carrie was a computer programmer and single mother.

She was raising her son, Maxwell, in Macedonia, Iowa, where she grew up, about 30 miles from Omaha.

Carrie was hardworking and down to earth.

Dave couldn't get enough of her.

Once Liz was gone, Dave called Carrie.

He told her he was alone now.

She was already about halfway home, so she invited him to her house in Macedonia.

Her son was at his grandparents' for the evening.