Casey Sepp

Some people said he was wearing a bulletproof vest, and some people said he had more powders and poisons on his body, and some people said you couldn't even look him in the eye. So all of this was happening in this kind of saturated space of the funeral home, and there was so much talk. And so at Shirley Ann Ellington's funeral near the end of it, one of her sisters—

Some people said he was wearing a bulletproof vest, and some people said he had more powders and poisons on his body, and some people said you couldn't even look him in the eye. So all of this was happening in this kind of saturated space of the funeral home, and there was so much talk. And so at Shirley Ann Ellington's funeral near the end of it, one of her sisters—

had been crying and had gone up to the casket to see her sister and cried out from the back of the funeral home, you killed my sister and now you're going to pay for it.

had been crying and had gone up to the casket to see her sister and cried out from the back of the funeral home, you killed my sister and now you're going to pay for it.

You know, it was a totally chaotic scene when the shots were fired and people didn't know what was happening and they didn't know where to go. And there was a kind of stampede to get out of the funeral home. And, you know, people on that street were instantly told, you know, Will Maxwell had been shot, you know, the reverend's been gunned down and everything.

You know, it was a totally chaotic scene when the shots were fired and people didn't know what was happening and they didn't know where to go. And there was a kind of stampede to get out of the funeral home. And, you know, people on that street were instantly told, you know, Will Maxwell had been shot, you know, the reverend's been gunned down and everything.

So, you know, obviously there are 300 witnesses to this murder to some extent. You know, there were that many people there, and some of them were so scared they couldn't count the shots, and others of them claimed to have, you know, waited outside the funeral home to learn more about who had done it. And once word spread about who had fired the shots, it was immediately explicable to people why.

So, you know, obviously there are 300 witnesses to this murder to some extent. You know, there were that many people there, and some of them were so scared they couldn't count the shots, and others of them claimed to have, you know, waited outside the funeral home to learn more about who had done it. And once word spread about who had fired the shots, it was immediately explicable to people why.

And to some extent, there was a kind of instant narrative about, you know, this vigilante. It was a man named Robert Burns.

And to some extent, there was a kind of instant narrative about, you know, this vigilante. It was a man named Robert Burns.

So after Shirley Ann's funeral, if you can believe it, the reverend's funeral was even larger because there were so many people who came just to make sure he was really dead.

So after Shirley Ann's funeral, if you can believe it, the reverend's funeral was even larger because there were so many people who came just to make sure he was really dead.

Yeah. I mean, one of the, you know, the kind of there are so many oddities and idiosyncrasies about this case. And, you know, it's not just the complexity of the insurance fraud and it's not just the kind of deep weirdness of the investigations and the failure to reach a kind of straightforward cause of death determination and the.

Yeah. I mean, one of the, you know, the kind of there are so many oddities and idiosyncrasies about this case. And, you know, it's not just the complexity of the insurance fraud and it's not just the kind of deep weirdness of the investigations and the failure to reach a kind of straightforward cause of death determination and the.

Just all of those kinds of ins and outs of what people knew and when they knew it and who was related to whom and this sort of business. Yes, one of the kind of oddest things about this case is right away when the reverend is gunned down, Tom Radney, this lawyer who spent so many years representing him, decides to take the case of the vigilante who murdered him.

Just all of those kinds of ins and outs of what people knew and when they knew it and who was related to whom and this sort of business. Yes, one of the kind of oddest things about this case is right away when the reverend is gunned down, Tom Radney, this lawyer who spent so many years representing him, decides to take the case of the vigilante who murdered him.

Obviously, a lot of people wondered what was going on. Was he going to really defend Robert Burns? Was this an effort to protect the Reverend's reputation after his murder? Was it an effort to rescue his own reputation?

Obviously, a lot of people wondered what was going on. Was he going to really defend Robert Burns? Was this an effort to protect the Reverend's reputation after his murder? Was it an effort to rescue his own reputation?

A lot of people thought, well, maybe Tom Radney was just trying to change the narrative about who he was and the kinds of cases he would take and that this was his way of atoning for all the years he had represented the Reverend and all the money he had made.

A lot of people thought, well, maybe Tom Radney was just trying to change the narrative about who he was and the kinds of cases he would take and that this was his way of atoning for all the years he had represented the Reverend and all the money he had made.