Henning Residents Anxious for Arrest in Postal Workers' Murders

HENNING, Tenn. - It's been more than two months since two post office workers were found shot to death in Henning, Tennessee and residents are demanding answers. No arrests have been made and postal inspectors are still tight lipped.

"Why would they kill somebody at the post office? What happened? I want to know why and who did it."

"For it to be going on this long and they ain't found no body, I just can't believe that because somebody knows something."

On October 18th in Henning, two postal employees, 33-year old Paula Robinson and 59-year old Judy Spray, were brutally murdered. Since that day there have been countless press conferences, and the United States Postal Inspection Service has offered a $50,000 reward to catch the killer or killers. But, investigators have offered little, if any, information to the public.

No arrests have been made. For over two months questions have been asked if there is any security footage to go on.

Wednesday the post office was still closed and the flag was still at half mast. While workers were renovating the interior of the building while outside, yellow tape still cordons off the post office.

The day after the shooting FOX13 News interviewed Mary Hammock, who was in the post office seconds before the shooting. It's believed while she was inside, Judy Spray was already dead.

"I could have ended up dead. I was at the post office and they think they were in the back."

Two months later the haunting memory remains.

"There's probably not a day that goes by that you don't think of that... Nope I think about it in the store, think about it when I lay down to go to sleep, it stays with you and it will until they catch them."

For those in Henning, thoughts of the two women murdered in cold blood resurface on a daily basis. During this holiday season those families whose lives are changed forever are on the minds of everyone in and around this small town.

"I have so much sympathy for the families, I wish I could talk to them see how they feel. I can't imagine it, I just can't imagine how they feel."

The mobile post office is still in place across the street, but in the end memories of a tragic day in Henning history prolongs this dark cloud from shining justice on this city in need of sunshine.

"I think about it a lot, I think a lot of people here think about it... I don't think we'll ever get over it."