36 years ago, 'Bitter Blood' killings left four dead on an NC highway — and a trail of bodies behind them
The words evoke a crime spree that ended violently and dramatically 36 years ago this week. On June 3, 1985, a Chevrolet Blazer driven by Fritz Klenner exploded on a highway in the town of Summerfield, some 12 miles north of Greensboro. The bomb that caused the explosion also killed Susie Newsom Lynch, his first cousin, lover and co-conspirator. Her sons, John and Jim, were in the Blazer and already dead â poisoned and shot â when she or Fritz flipped the switch. An hour earlier, Fritz had used an Uzi in an attempt to gun down police officers in Greensboro. He wounded two officer...
Source: hickoryrecord.com
