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She Did Everything the Killer Asked, and He Still Shot Her Anyway
If you drive down Interstate 10 past Jacksonville, Florida, you’ll reach the quaint little town of Lake City. It’s a place where the locals know each other by name and rally together against injustice.
By way of example, recently, Lake City residents came to the defense of a fellow resident and blind veteran who was wrongfully arrested when his cane was mistaken for a gun. This truly is a town that has your back.
It’s no wonder, then, that the chilling murder of one of their own rocked this tight-knit community to its core.
Linda Raulerson went to work one day and never came home
Linda Raulerson was a clerk at the Joy American Food Store, and she loved her job. Everyone loved the friendly grandmother who treated customers like family.
Linda wasn’t supposed to be working the night of July 22, 2008, but for whatever reason, she decided to take an extra shift. It would prove to be a deadly mistake.
