Six Bodies Found in Cabin Called Site of High-Stakes Betting
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BOLIVAR, Tenn. — Six bodies were found Tuesday in the burned-out remains of a remote cabin where neighbors said a high-stakes gambling game was usually played on Monday nights.
Thirty people whose friends or relatives were missing waited anxiously at a gate blocking a gravel road to the cabin. State Fire Marshal Robert Frost said he believed one victim was his son-in-law, Ted Green, who owned the property about 80 miles east of Memphis.
“I talked to my daughter and her husband’s missing,” Frost said.
The two-room cabin was used for gambling, drinking and carousing, said four neighbors who spoke on condition of anonymity. Monday was for high-rollers, and there would typically be thousands of dollars on the table, one neighbor said.
Frost said of the alleged gambling: “Yes, I’ve heard rumors of it going on.”
He said it would be today before the badly burned remains could be identified or a cause of death determined.
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