Death Trap (38 page)
When both spent projectiles—the bullet found in the trunk of Alan Bates’burned rental car and the one found inside the McCord garage—were put side by side, a clear match was made.
(Photo courtesy of the Hoover Police Department)
An only child, Terra Klugh hammed it up for this Norman Rockwell-like photo.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Klugh)
Many friends recalled the warmth and comfort of Terra’s smile.
(Photo courtesy of the D.W. Daniel High School yearbook)
As a young woman, Terra fell deeply for recently divorced father of two Alan Bates after meeting him at the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Klugh)
Alan Bates and his father Philip were quite the pair as Indian Guides during a campout.
(Photo courtesy of Kevin Bates)
Together, Alan and Terra Bates enjoyed all that life had to offer.
(Photo courtesy of Kevin Bates)
Alan loved nothing more than taking photos of his second wife, Terra, whenever they went on hiking trips.
(Photo courtesy of Kevin Bates)
Terra enjoyed capturing this moment of her husband doing what he enjoyed.
(Photo courtesy of Kevin Bates)
After Alan’s first wife, Jessica, destroyed Alan and Terra’s initial wedding plans, there was nothing she could do to stop the wedding a year later.
(Photo courtesy of Kevin Bates)
As a youngster, Jeff McCord loved football.
(Photo courtesy of Bobby Kelley)
Jeff graduated from the University of Montevallo and wanted to help wayward children.
(Photo courtesy of Bobby Kelley)
Family and friends were proud of Jeff, who had never been in any trouble, expecting “big things” from him post-graduation.
(Photo courtesy of Bobby Kelley)
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