2023-07-14 17:42:00
A woman named Dee Sumpter lived one of the most difficult moments of his life when they gave him the news that his daughter Shawna Hawk had been murdered by a person of whom they had no trace. However, she had a feeling she might know him. Following investigations into what happened, she finally realized she was right and was shocked when she found out that it was the man who hugged her shortly following the young woman’s funeral.
In February 1993, the inhabitants of North Carolina, in the United States, were moved by the crime and there was no suspicion as to who the perpetrator had been. At first they thought that Darryl Kirkpatrick, the 20-year-old woman’s boyfriend, might be involved. The reason? The family home where the body was found did not show any signs of forced entry. However, following the police questioned him, they decided that he was not responsible.
Shawna Hawk, the murdered womanABC
Dee, for her part, thought of an endless number of names that might have a relationship or some kind of link with her daughter. Despite his efforts, he never found the right person. Always camouflaged with a smile, the friendly Henry Wallace, Shawna’s boss at the Taco Bell restaurant, did not appear to be a violent one. She though she was wrong.
Without any empathy or remorse, he was one of those who supported her at the wake and he hugged her when he found her A few days later. However, that gesture hid a disturbing secret: it was a serial killer.
in dialogue with The Sun, the woman gave details of those days and the anguish she felt when she found out that she had been consoled by the man who killed her daughter. “One day I was shopping when Wallace came up to me and gave me a hug. He told me that he had been praying for me and that he had seen my interviews on television”, he recalled.
Despite the fact that she never sensed anything out of the ordinary, she had various sensations that left her with several questions. “When it all unfolded, I remember feeling cold and chills all over my body. That hug makes me nauseous. Even now I don’t have enough words to describe how I feel regarding that moment when had the nerve to hug me and offer condolences. Even had the nerve to show up at Shawna’s wakebut he seemed so warm to her, so kind,” she added.
Shawna was a college student and simultaneously worked at a fast food outlet. One of her free followingnoons, invited Henry himself into his homebecause both of them had a close bond from the day they started working together. But, the visit turned into a real nightmare.
The young woman was strangled by the man and showed signs of abuse. When the police discovered that he had been the murderer, he simply excused himself. “When Shawna kissed me on the cheek to say goodbye to her, my ‘other side’ came out. It was as if a switch was turned on, a button was pressed or a door was opened, ”he told authorities when they found his identity.
Darryl, the victim’s boyfriend, was the one who found the body in the bathroom. immediately, and in shockgave notice regarding the scene and most of the suspicions were placed on his figure, with the exception of Sumpter.
“I knew that Darryl loved Shawna immensely. I remember seeing him at her grave, he was broken into a million pieces and he always told me how hurt he felt regarding her. She listened to him, watched him, and following a while, I removed him from my list of suspects. He knew that he loved her and would not kill her, ”he commented in the aforementioned medium.
Dee with Darryl, her boyfriend at the timeThe Sun
A year following the crime, in 1994, Dee wrote a letter addressed to the murderer. She was plunged into great sadness, since After so many months they still had nothing concrete regarding who was responsible.
“Dear Assassin. I am the mother of Shawna Denise Hawk. I am writing to you because you murdered my only daughter in our home on February 19, 1993, between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. It’s so hard to believe it’s been a whole year ever since that horrible Friday night when the body was discovered in the bathtub where you put her. I do not hate you. What would be the purpose? I want you to come and confess the horrible atrocity that you committed, ”she wrote in the letter that she published in a local media.
A day later, on February 20, Vannessa Little Mack’s body was discovered, 25 years old, in his apartment. Her sister was a colleague of Henry’s at Taco Bell and was killed with the same mode of operation.
Little by little, the police officers realized that the murders were related and so they came upon the name of Henry. Once they interrogated him, he confessed to the crime and they discovered that He was also responsible for the death of 10 other women that he had met through his work.
The arrest of the man provoked hundreds of criticisms among the locals, since they denounced that there was police negligence due to the fact that they had not given enough importance to the case. Currently, He is on death row in North Carolina.
Henry Louis Wallace, was convicted on January 7, 1997ABC
“The police did not connect the dots and he was literally allowed to roam the city killing women. It was extreme racism. If the victims had been Caucasian women, he would have been caught sooner. Wallace was a fearless demon who had the front to attend my daughter’s funeral. His mind was insane and disgusting. In court she tried to mutter something regarding being sorry, but the damage was done,” Dee maintained.
Although she was composed and relieved when she found the person who killed her, she assured that there are no words to describe everything that misses her daughter.
Dee, in an interview he had with the ABC media
“I have good days and bad days. I learned to live with his death, but I will never get over it. Some days I can move freely through the pain, but other days it paralyzes me. It has been a hellish life and all because a man caused havoc and horror and put women like my daughter in premature graves”, she concluded, with a deep sadness for all that she lived because of a murderer she never mistrusted.
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