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Temple, a town 48 miles south of Waco
Temple is not 48 miles south of Waco. Standard Texas geographic references place Temple about 36 miles south of Waco.
Full reasoning
The mileage here is off.
The Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas places Temple in northeastern Bell County thirty-six miles south of Waco. That is the standard geographic description for Temple's location relative to Waco, so describing it as 48 miles south of Waco is inaccurate.
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- Temple, TX | Handbook of Texas
Temple is at the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and State highways 53 and 95, in northeastern Bell County thirty-six miles south of Waco and sixty-seven miles north of Austin.
three teenagers who were visiting from California
Not all three victims were visiting from California. Contemporary reporting identifies Edna Sullivan as an Everman girl and Robert Brand as being from nearby Alvarado; only Mark Dunnam was from Tarzana, California.
Full reasoning
This wording incorrectly implies that all three victims were visitors from California.
Contemporary reporting from August 1966 identifies the victims more specifically:
- Edna Louise Sullivan was an Everman girl.
- Robert Brand was of nearby Alvarado.
- Mark Dunnam was of Tarzana, California.
So the California connection applied to Mark Dunnam, not to all three teenagers. The article's phrasing overstates that point.
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- Policeman A. O. Wood searching stock tank for Edna Louise Sullivan
Burleson Policeman A. O. Wood used diving equipment to see if a stock tank near Burleson contained the body of Edna Louise Sullivan, 16-year-old Everman girl. She was with two others, Robert Hugh Brand, 17, and Marcus Dunnam, 16, whose bodies were found in a car near Burleson, Texas.
- Big Spring Daily Herald, August 9, 1966
The two Central Texas youths were accused of the triple slaying of Robert Brand, 17, of nearby Alvarado, his cousin, Mark Dunnam, 16, of Tarzana, Calif., and Edna Louise Sullivan, 16, of suburban Everman.