Killing of Robert Woolbright and Delmar Woolbright in Florida

Incident

Case summary

Delmar Woolbright, 16, was killed in 1932 by George Varnes and Jarber Venson in Alachua County, Florida. Woolbright and his brother, Robert Woolbright, were shot while riding in a truck with Charlie Mashod, who had employed them without their parents’ consent. Two men who helped take the bodies from the truck and hide them in a lake nearby came forward and told the brothers’ father, John Woolbright about the killing. Robert Woolbright, 20, was killed in 1932 by George Varnes and Jarber Venson in Alachua County, Florida. Woolbright and his brother, Delmar Woolbright, were shot while riding in a truck with Charlie Mashod, who had employed them without their parents’ consent. Two men who helped take the bodies from the truck and hide them in a lake nearby came forward and told the brothers’ father, John Woolbright about the killing.

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Date of incident: May 1932
Location: High Springs, Alachua County, Florida
Location type: public space - rural
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