THE COMMUNITY: Security shattered

 
By Johnny Johnson
Published: June 10, 2008

Like many of the 1,000 or so residents of this Okfuskee County town, Mac Riddle has lived in Weleetka his whole life and never felt the need to lock his front door before going to bed.

That changed Sunday night.

Hours earlier, two girls, ages 13 and 11, were found dead in a ditch beside a dirt road that was less than a mile from one of their homes. Each had multiple gunshot wounds.

Riddle and his family ...


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