Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore: A Cry From the Well

Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore: A Cry From the Well

by Clay Bryant
Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore: A Cry From the Well

Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore: A Cry From the Well

by Clay Bryant

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Overview

On a sultry August morning in 1970, the battered body of a young woman was hoisted from a dry well just outside Hogansville, Georgia. Author and investigator Clay Bryant was there, witnessing the macabre scene. Then fifteen, Bryant was tagging along with his father, Buddy Bryant, Hogansville chief of police. The victim, Gwendolyn Moore, had been in a violent marriage. That was no secret. But her husband had connections to a political machine that held sway over the Troup County Sheriff's Office overseeing the case. To the dismay and bafflement of many, no charges were brought. That is, until Bryant followed his father's footsteps into law enforcement and a voice cried out from the well three decades later.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467150071
Publisher: History Press, The
Publication date: 07/26/2021
Series: True Crime
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 1,091,343
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Lewis Clayton (Clay) Bryant was born and raised in Troup County, Georgia and began his career in law enforcement in 1973 as a radio operator with the Georgia State Patrol. In 1976, at the age of twenty-one, he became the youngest trooper on the Georgia State Patrol. In 1980 he became police chief of Hogansville, Georgia, and stayed in that position for twelve years until resigning in 1992 and going into the private sector. He has been recognized as the most prolific cold case investigator in the United States for single-event homicides. Bryant resides in LaGrange and currently serves as an investigator for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council.His cases have been chronicled on48 Hours Investigates, Bill Curtis's Cold Case Files, Discovery ID Murder Bookand a featured article in theAtlanta Journal Constitution, as well as articles in many local and regional newspapers.

Table of Contents

Preface 5

Acknowledgements 7

Prologue 9

The Snakes Crawl Up the River 13

The Law According to Buddy 21

Allen's Road 28

Derailing the Good Ol' Boy Machine 36

My Road 40

Gwendolyn's Path to the Well 46

The Legacy 56

Life and Death on Mobley Bridge Road 60

Every Crime Has Its Motive 69

A Rumbling from the Well 72

Anything but Routine 76

Hunting the Trail 80

Out of Sight but Never Out of Mind 84

Rationalization: A Pitiful Excuse 87

Enter the Doctor of Death 92

One Step Forward and Two Steps Back 95

In Unity There Is Strength 100

The Awakening 103

Gwendolyn Tells Her Story 110

Nearing the Journey's End 114

New Beginnings 117

Sometimes the Tail Seems to Wag the Dog 119

Truth Prevails 123

Epilogue 125

About the Author 127

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