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Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) [1] was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her.
A former ship captain, 83-year-old Rolf Neslund, is shot, cut up and burned. The investigation reveals that he had an argument, with his wife Ruth, over his retirement fund. Rolf's body is never found and the case goes unsolved for several years until there is enough evidence to charge his wife, Ruth for his murder.
Melissa Leo as Madalyn Murray O'Hair, an atheist activist; Josh Lucas as David Waters, American Atheists' former manager who masterminds the kidnapping; Michael Chernus as Jon Garth Murray, Madalyn's loyal younger son Devin Taylor Freeman as teenage Jon Garth Murray; Rory Cochrane as Gary Karr, one of the Murray O'Hairs' kidnappers
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Jon Murray, and Robin Murray O'Hair: August 27, 1995, in Austin, Texas: Found deceased in 2001, buried on a remote Texas ranch, 120 miles from San Antonio. [6] Gary Paul Karr was found guilty of extortion and other charges relating to the O'Hair cases and was sentenced to life in prison.
Though Murray refused to get a divorce and marry Madalyn, she divorced her husband, changed her surname to Murray, and named her newborn son William J. Murray, after his father. Madalyn moved with the baby to Baltimore, where her mother and brother lived. In 1954, Bill's half-brother Jon Garth Murray was born. When Bill was still a child ...
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists, one of her sons and granddaughter disappeared in 1995, along with $500,000 in gold coins. In time, the police homed in on several suspects, including David R. Waters, who worked as the office manager for O'Hair's organization.
On August 27, 1995, Madalyn, Jon and Robin O'Hair disappeared from the organization's former Austin, Texas, headquarters, along with over $550,000 of the organization's funds. The three were later found to have been abducted, robbed and murdered by David Waters , an ex-convict and former employee.
Known for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and murder of the famed atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, her son Jon Garth and granddaughter Robyn in 1995. Robert Franklin Stroud: Died November 21, 1963 The "Birdman of Alcatraz" Gary Lee Sampson: 23976-038 Died on December 21, 2021. Carjacked and murdered three people in 2001.