This is the documented grave of a convicted criminal. Information below comes from public records.
Carl Austin Hall
July 1, 1919 โ December 18, 1953Convicted 1953
Buried at:
Lone Oak Cemetery , Lone Oak, Texas ยท Documented grave with marker (photographed on Find a Grave)
Criminal History (Public Record)
Convicted of first-degree murder for the kidnapping and killing of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease. Hall and Heady collected the ransom but murdered the child. Both were executed the same day in Missouri's gas chamber.
Background
Carl Austin Hall was the primary perpetrator (with Bonnie Heady) in the 1953 Greenlease kidnapping and murder in Kansas City, Missouri. He had a prior connection to the wealthy Greenlease family.
Contemporary news coverage and FBI records of the case and 1953 executions
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