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On Thanksgiving night in 1985, the Blount family was gathered at their home in the Hilltop Mobile Home Park outside Fort Worth, Texas. After dinner, Joe Blount, his 15-year-old daughter Angela, his 14-year-old son Robert, and his nephew Michael Columbus drove to a nearby convenience store for ice cream and beer. While they were gone, someone knocked on the door. Susan Blount looked outside but saw no one. When the group returned about twenty minutes later, they found a brown leather briefcase sitting on the top step outside the front door. They brought it inside. At approximately 9:15 PM, the briefcase was opened. The explosion that followed killed Joe Blount, 44, Angela, 15, and Michael, 18, instantly. Robert was blown through the front door and suffered severe burns. Susan escaped from the rear of the burning trailer physically unharmed. Investigators quickly determined the explosion was no accident. Someone had deliberately constructed a bomb, concealed it inside the briefcase, and left it on the family's…
On Thanksgiving night in 1985, the Blount family was gathered at their home in the Hilltop Mobile Home Park outside Fort Worth, Texas. After dinner, Joe Blount, his 15-year-old daughter Angela, his 14-year-old son Robert, and his nephew Michael Columbus drove to a nearby convenience store for ice cream and beer. While they were gone, someone knocked on the door. Susan Blount looked outside but saw no one. When the group returned about twenty minutes later, they found a brown leather briefcase sitting on the top step outside the front door. They brought it inside. At approximately 9:15 PM, the briefcase was opened. The explosion that followed killed Joe Blount, 44, Angela, 15, and Michael, 18, instantly. Robert was blown through the front door and suffered severe burns. Susan escaped from the rear of the burning trailer physically unharmed. Investigators quickly determined the explosion was no accident. Someone had deliberately constructed a bomb, concealed it inside the briefcase, and left it on the family's…
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Thanksgiving Day Terror_ The Unsolved Case of The Blount Family
EscuchadoOn Thanksgiving night in 1985, the Blount family was gathered at their home in the Hilltop Mobile Home Park outside Fort Worth, Texas. After dinner, Joe Blount, his 15-year-old daughter Angela, his 14-year-old son Robert, and his nephew Michael Columbus drove to a nearby convenience store for ice cream and beer. While they were gone, someone knocked on the door. Susan Blount looked outside but saw no one. When the group returned about twenty minutes later, they found a brown leather briefcase sitting on the top step outside the front door. They brought it inside. At approximately 9:15 PM, the briefcase was opened. The explosion that followed killed Joe Blount, 44, Angela, 15, and Michael, 18, instantly. Robert was blown through the front door and suffered severe burns. Susan escaped from the rear of the burning trailer physically unharmed. Investigators quickly determined the explosion was no accident. Someone had deliberately constructed a bomb, concealed it inside the briefcase, and left it on the family's…
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