‘It’s type of like a bad dream or deja vu, like really, again to this once more,’ Martha’s cousin and Lee Baker’s son, Joe, informed the media. Travis was at the house the day she came house with the money, which then vanished, so Martha had fired him. His own mom, Gladys, who had worked as a housekeeper at Snowden House for years, had reportedly warned Martha that her son was returning to his old methods. An post-mortem found a combination of illicit medicine in his system on the time of his dying. Running to a automotive, the man drove across the yard, but received caught, and as a substitute headed on foot for the lake. It meant that Lewis, 39, was literally again at the scene of his crime with Martha, locally known as the Lady of the Lake, demonstrating the final word forgiveness.

The residence is a number of houses away from the place Sally McKay, and Baker were killed, based on the Commercial Appeal. The sheriff described both incidents as taking place on the identical property. No motive for the crime has been revealed and the trigger of Martha’s dying shall be decided by a medical examiner. Another nearby resident informed WREG on Wednesday that Martha was fatally stabbed.

One of Arkansas’ most notorious murderers returned to the scene of his crime 24 years later to kill his victim’s daughter — and then drowned as he tried to flee cops, in accordance with officers. The history between Lewis and McKay, and her mom and cousin — members of the highly effective Snowden family which owned much of the property within the space, together with The Peabody, a historic lodge in Memphis — is unclear. Years later, Sally McKay’s daughter, Martha McKay, bought an old colonial-style mansion by the lake only a brief distance from where her mom had been murdered. The investigation led the authorities to Travis Lewis, a 16-year-old who lived together with his family on one of the rented Snowden properties. Travis and his brother had been associates with Lee Baker’s sons, and the families had recognized one another. Travis told the police he had nothing to do with the crime, but they later realized that he was suspended from school on the day of the murders.

While being chased by police, the person jumped out of the window and into his car. But when the vehicle received stuck on the property, he scurried out of the aspect door, jumped into the frigid lake – and drowned. Lewis, 16 at the time, was charged as an adult, Allen stated. But a few of the victims’ household opposed a capital sentence for Lewis’s original conviction.

The Snowden household additionally made money from renting out properties in Horseshoe Lake, and on one of those properties lived Lee Baker, her nephew who would assist her out with managing the business. The 52-year-old was a well-known blues and rock guitarist in Memphis, Tennessee. He had been influential in the music scene there and had been a half of many local bands.

“Deputies right now responded to an alarm at the historic Snowden House in Horseshoe Lake,” Allen stated. “Deputies at present responded to an alarm at the historical Snowden House in Horseshoe Lake,” Allen mentioned, in an announcement. During the early hours of March 25, 2020, the safety alarm on the Snowden House went off, leading the authorities to rush to the property. Deputies arrived to see the again door open and proceeded to enter.

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