Runners-up: An alcoholic tries to kill his wife; his son turns him in
Runners-up for top story of the month:
Robert Franklin Holcombe, 55, of Atlanta, Georgia, had an infatuation with strippers and whiskey that bled his savings accounts dry. He spent $110,000 from an inheritance and repeatedly refinanced his home, using the proceeds to woo young women. To get his hands on $300,000 in life insurance and retirement funds, he hatched a scheme to murder his wife of 30 years. First, hoping to cause an explosion, he broke a natural gas line to the water heater. His wife found a small fire in the basement and didn't think anything of it. Then he connected a hose between the tail pipe of his car in the garage to the bedroom through a hole he ...
