Sailor Obsessed With “Choke Porn”, Watched Teenage Girls Suffocate While Hanging From Noose On Folly Beach
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“I got this urge again — the urge to tie them up.”
The following article contains graphic details of rape and murder of teenage victims. Mature audiences only.
The weekend of May 23, 1973, passed far too quickly for 13-year-old Alexis Ann Latimer and her best friend Sherri Jan Clark, 14. While bummed that their weekend at the beach was up, they were ecstatic to know that since Mary, Alexis’s mother, owned the beach house, the two would have the entire summer to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather in Folly Beach, South Carolina. The girls just had to get through three more weeks of school before their summer break began.
Sadly, neither of the girls would ever see the beach again, much less spend anymore summers together.
As Sherri’s mother packed the car, her daughter made one last-minute request. She and Alexis wanted to go for a quick walk on the beach — no more than thirty minutes, they promised. The weather was beautiful, and the tide was rescinding, making it the perfect time to grab the now exposed sea shells; perhaps even a complete sand dollar if they were lucky.
Neither mother objected to Sherri’s proposal, plus she and Alexis had been an invaluable help the entire weekend with painting the summer house.
Once the last piece of luggage had been stowed in the car’s trunk, Mary Latimer glanced at her watch. Thirty-seven minutes had elapsed, and Sherri and Alexis had still not returned.
For the remaining daylight hours, the panicked mothers combed the beach, climbing up each dune for a more complete view of the landscape. The two girls were nowhere in sight.
An Unlikely Scenario
The Folly Beach Police seemed to not be at all interested in the teen’s disappearance. Mary Latimer would later claim:
“the girls were reported missing immediately, but the police laughed at…
