Ex-Tennessee governor linked to unsolved 1979 murder of federal witness
No charges will be brought as all major players are dead and 42-year-old case now closed
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No charges will be brought as all major players are dead and 42-year-old case now closed
A trusted ally of Jimmy Hoffa was gunned down after testifying about a corrupt governor, officials say.
Samuel Pettyjohn, a Chattanooga businessman, was fatally shot in 1979 in downtown Chattanooga.
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Investigators skriekd as an execution-style hit. yet the hamilton county district attorney revealed that at the time of his death pettyjohn was part of a federal probe into a pardon and parole scheme involving then tennessee governor ray blanton. the da says the governors office was arranging for inmates to be released early from their sentences in exchange for cash. >> mr. pettyjohn was involved in part of that scheme and actually came to cooperate with federal investigators, the fbi on a number of occasions. a gentleman by the name of william edward alley who is now deceased watts given a co...