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Column: Seeking justice for Brenda Joyce Holland
By John Railey Fifty-three years ago this month, Brenda Joyce Holland, the 19-year-old makeup supervisor for The Lost Colony, vanished. Five days later, after a ...
John Railey, Author at The Coastland Times
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Guest Column: Buddy Tillett sets bravery bar high
By John Railey My friend R.D. “Buddy” Tillett of Manteo is one of the bravest men I’ve ever met. Buddy, a former Dare County deputy ...
by John Railey, Monday, March 9, 2020 3:29 pm
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Column: My mother’s gift to me was newspapers
As my mother lay dying this fall, I read newspapers to her, paving our longest journey together with the thing that had always brought us ...
by John Railey, Friday, November 22, 2019 6:28 am
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The Lost Colony murder: Crime scene failures resonate
Editor’s note: The State Bureau of Investigation assigned cold-case investigator Tony Cummings to the unsolved strangling death of Brenda Joyce Holland in response to our ...
by John Railey, Saturday, June 16, 2018 6:28 am
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Lost Colony murder: Memorialize Brenda
Nobody’s ever really gone as long as we keep telling their stories, to riff on ancient sayings to that effect. That can certainly be said ...
by John Railey, Monday, June 11, 2018 6:00 am
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Lost Colony murder: The case against Dr. Linus Edwards
Editor’s note: The State Bureau of Investigation assigned cold-case investigator Tony Cummings to the unsolved homicide of Brenda Joyce Holland in response to our series ...
by John Railey, Friday, June 1, 2018 10:39 pm
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The Lost Colony Murder: Danny Barber’s ordeal
Dare County Sheriff Frank Cahoon knocked on the Manteo door of Lost Colony singer Danny Barber early on Sunday, July 2, 1967.
by John Railey, Sunday, May 27, 2018 6:00 am
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Lost Colony murder: Here comes the break
Editor’s note: The State Bureau of Investigation assigned cold-case investigator Tony Cummings to the unsolved homicide of Brenda Joyce Holland in response to our series ...
by John Railey, Saturday, May 19, 2018 7:00 am
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The Lost Colony murder: A mother’s painful loss
Geraldine Holland once had this dream: Her slain daughter Brenda visited to name her killer.
by John Railey, Saturday, May 12, 2018 2:45 pm
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Lost Colony murder: In the dentist’s shadow
In the dentist’s shadow As we reported here last Sunday, the State Bureau of Investigation assigned cold-case investigator Tony Cummings to the unsolved homicide of ...
by John Railey, Saturday, May 5, 2018 7:46 am
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