The Country Dancehall Murders

Debra Lynn Guess and Michelle Lisa Wagner were murdered four years apart after accepting a dance with a stranger.

Michelle Lynn Wagner (L) and Robert Paul Martin (R) | Credit: Austin American-Statesman

Openness𑁋a trait society seems to demand of women, especially toward men𑁋often explains why women may leave a club with a strange man or acquaintance despite misgivings (1). — Ann Hutchinson, APD’s victim services division