September 20, 2021 | By Casey Peyton This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. It was February 13, 1981. William Rex Hill, Jr. was helping watch the family-owned liquor store while his wife and high school sweetheart, Marianne Hill, ran errands. In under an hour, she would finish her errands and stop to buy her husband a Valentine’s Day card on the way back. It was after her purchase that she and the entire small town of Hollandale, Mississippi would hear sirens. When Mrs. Hill returned to the business, her husband of 20 years had been shot to death. But she wasn’t the only one who saw the heartbreaking scene. Her eldest son would find out with his own eyes what had happened. For him, his last memory of his father was seeing him dead on the floor. This case has never been solved. The youngest son, John Hill, describes the aftermath of the murder... Read More