In the early morning of April 25, 2011, 79-year-old Don Willingham was outside his Springfield home when he was suddenly attacked by a passerby. In an attempt to burglarize the Willinghams’ home, things went wrong.
Craig Hilburn, the Willinghams’ next-door neighbor, said that he went to the couple’s home to pick up his neighbors’ newspaper since he believed they were out of town visiting relatives.
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Hilburn said that as he was approaching the Willinghams’ front yard, he saw a slender man in a hooded sweatshirt run away from the home. He chased the man but could not catch him. Hilburn then went back to the Willingham home and found Don Willingham dead in the entryway. Don’s wife Helen was also found with stab wounds.
No one would be officially charged for another two years…