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Explore 50 years of the Presnell death row case
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2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.
Virgil Presnell is Georgia’s longest-serving death row inmate after killing a young girl 50 years ago. His other Atlanta kidnapping victim still lives with the consequences.
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31m agoExplore 50 years of the Presnell death row case
An interactive timeline traces what's happened in the five decades since the tragic crimes back in May 1976.
2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.
Virgil Presnell is Georgia’s longest-serving death row inmate after killing a young girl 50 years ago. His other Atlanta kidnapping victim still lives with the consequences.
