Linwood Earl Briley, James Dyral Briley, Jr., and Anthony Ray Briley were a sibling trio of serial/spree killers, rapists, and robbers who were responsible for a murder and robbery spree that took place in Richmond, Virginia, in 1979. Linwood murdered a woman in 1971 and served a year in a reformatory.
On January 28, 1971, the first killing was committed by Linwood, at 16. While alone at home, Linwood fatally shot Orline Christian, a 57-year old neighbor, with a rifle from his bedroom window as she was hanging out some laundry on a clothesline. The crime almost went unidentified, but her relatives noticed a small bloody mark under her armpit at the viewing and asked a funeral director to re-examine the body. Upon a second examination, a small-caliber bullet wound was discovered under her armpit.
Standing in Christian's back yard, a detective used a sheet of plywood to represent her body, with a hole cut out to represent the wound. He determined that the bullet came from the Briley residence. There, the murder weapon was found and Linwood admitted to the crime by saying, "I heard she had heart problems, she would have died soon anyway." Linwood was sent to a reform school to serve a one-year sentence for the killing. James followed in his path, and at the same age, having been sentenced to time in juvenile hall for firing upon a police officer during a pursuit.
Now let's back it up a little To The Briley Brothers Earlier Lives - Their Upbringing
The three Briley brothers, Linwood (March 26, 1954 – October 12, 1984), James Jr. (June 6, 1956 – April 18, 1985), and Anthony (born February 17, 1958) was brought up by their parents in Richmond's Highland Park neighborhood. With their younger brother Anthony, Linwood and James were regarded by older neighbors as young people who would help them repair cars or mow lawns. The brothers collected exotic pets, such as tarantulas, piranhas, and boa constrictors. When the brothers reached their teenage years, Bertha and James split up and she moved away. James Dyral Briley Sr., reportedly the only person the brothers feared, kept his bedroom door padlocked from the inside overnight.[1]
This Crime Documentary brought chills to my bones. How could anyone be that cold and heartless?
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