Edward L. "Benny" Bedwell
Edward L. "Benny" Bedwel was a 20-year-old drifter from Tennessee who bore some resemblance to Elvis Presley. According to the owner of the D&L Restaurant where Bedwell occasionally washed dishes, he was at the restaurant with the Grimes sisters on the morning of December 30. Bedwell first confessed to the murders, but later withdrew his confession on the grounds that he had been coerced by the sheriff's men. Considering the time, this may well have been true. Also, only the sheriff but no other investigator believed that Bedwell may have been the murderer of the Grimes sisters. (Harry Glos, another chief investigator, believed he may have had something to do with their disappearance and murder, but wasn’t sure about Bedwell's role in this case.)
Read more about this topic: Murder Of The Grimes Sisters, Suspects
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