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Rolling Stone David Kushner’s New Podcast Looks Back at Brother’s Murder, 48 Years Later In ‘Alligator Candy,’ author David Kushner pieces together what happened to his brother Jon and how he’s coped since then By Courtesy of David Kushner The last time David Kushner saw his older brother, it was 1973. He was only four years old, and he’d been hassling 11-year-old Jon to bring him back candy from the 7-Eleven near their Florida home — alligator candy, to be specif...

TAMPA — Britta McKenna is unsure if the two men were dressed like Robin Hood, or if that’s how her 12-year-old brain processed the event. “I remember costumes,” McKenna, 59, said. “They had a bow and arrow. That I know.” McKenna and a friend came upon the men while riding bikes through Carrollwood woods to a 7-11 for candy. They were hunting little animals, they told the girls. Come closer, ...