EAGLE RISING: Teen Murders 85-Year-Old Korean War Vet, Sets Him on Fire

 

Written by Philip Hodges

 

 

Neighbors affectionately referred to Gene Emory Dacus as “Mr. Gene.” He was an 85-year-old military vet who served during the Korean War. He was one of those guys whom everyone in the neighborhood loved. A neighbor said that “he was very sweet to all of the children,” and that “he kept our neighborhood clean.” According to one of his three sons, Mr. Gene “was the most kindhearted gentleman you ever met. He never met a stranger, and he helped anybody he could.”

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