He had parked his Jeep a short distance from the stock tank, and he and Betty had sat there for a while and talked. Because the murder had occurred just across the Ector County line, the hearing took place in Kermit, an oil-patch town 45 miles west of Odessa, where the smell of petroleum hung in the air. Herring Is Married & Has Two Grown Children. This has not been a free ride for Mack, says his childhood friend Larry Francell. He has since worked part time as custodian for St. Ann School. North Carolina. Mack was born in Sampson Co and moved to Fayetteville as a small boy. Grice claimed that Bettys imploring had impaired Macks judgment leading him to go insane and shoot her. He never had any trouble with the law again. wife. Herring. May they forgive me . . We get our Senior rings Wednesday. Coach Alexei Popyrin Former player Xavier, Florida Gov. But the most compelling testimony came from Marvin Grice, an Odessa psychiatrist who had examined Mack three days after the murder. According to reports, her situation was covered in nearly every newspaper in the world. The case is even sadder than it seems: the ex, fellow teen high schooler John "Mack" Herring, claimed that Betty was so despondent over their break-up that she begged him to kill her. Girls visited him at home and boasted of knowing him. What most people remember about Betty Williams is that they hardly noticed her at all. I know its much too late with you, Mack, but I swear that another boy wont get the chance to say what you said to me. Send me another picture if you have it. It was a carnival, says former Winkler County clerk Virginia Healy. Herring shot and killed Betty Williams in 1961 after she had allegedly told him to do it. A lot of kids were cruelthey would shoot something and watch it hobble offbut Mack was different. A former principal has even claimed to have seen a glimpse of Betty after hours in the study hall as a result, he refused to ever be in the school alone again. of service. He was the back of the Bronchos, belonged to a middle-class family, and was an avid hunter with his father O.H. Youve made me realize that instead of being smart and sophisticated like I thought, I was only being cheap and ugly and whorish.Forgive me for writing this last note and thank you for reading it. He began wading back toward land, dragging an object that appeared to be very heavy; when he was near the waters edge, Odessa police detective Fred Johnson could see that he was holding a pair of human feet. I wish it were that simple. It was a game of chicken, and she never backed out., March 20, 1961I want everyone to know that what Im about to do in no way implicates anyone else. son. I couldnt believe what I was hearing, he says. Ike had been certain Betty was only joking when she had remarked earlier in the evening that Mack had promised to kill herso certain that he did not try to stop her when she climbed into Macks Jeep. He stood near her, holding a 12-gauge shotgun in his hands. After Mack broke up with her, Betty spiraled into depression. I suspect most of us would rather let the thing stay in the past, one Odessa High School alumna wrote me in an e-mail. After attending Texas Tech University, where he was once introduced to a class as the famous Mack Herring, he returned home to the town that never turned its back on him. As word spread around Odessa that afternoon that Mack had been arrested for Bettys murder, the news was greeted with incredulity. We should most likely treat her death as a homicide. But in 2014, after being elected to his first term as attorney general, he announced that he had changed his position. . Her teacher had not seen her potential and Betty was left defeated. Fort Worth Star-Telegram (with photos from AP). He didnt have an answer. The students all claimed it had been an obvious joke, as Betty liked being dramatic and craved attention. In a place where fun on a Saturday night might mean deciding to take only right turns while cruising around town, Betty dreamed of her escape. We have left it as it was originally published, without updating, to maintain a clear historical record. No, I dont think I will, senior Mike Ware said, passing it off as a joke. She was a native of East Liverpool, Ohio. As promised, at ten-thirty Betty had snuck out the back door and slipped into his car. When football season ended and there was nothing much to do on Friday nights except drink beer and stare up at the wide-open sky, teenagers used to park their pickups across the street from Odessa High School and wait to see the ghost they called Betty. He was allegedly the ex-boyfriend of the victim, Betty Williams. She told me, I have to get him back. Her mood turned darker after her father rummaged through her dresser drawers, looking for evidence of her disobedience. She said she wanted to die if she couldnt be with Mack, remembers her cousin Shelton, who was a year her junior at Odessas Permian High School. They allegedly went to a stock tank on his parents property. When her father lived with my parents, he used to threaten to kill himself in the middle of the night, says Shelton. She was ad-libbing all the way, and it spun out of her control. We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations. One time she wrote about sports. Think of me once in a while and know that Im glad we met.Gayle . Attorney Warren Burnett (left) and Mack after hearing the final verdict. [3], Shelton Williams, a cousin of the homicide victim and an alumnus of Permian High School who played against Herring in American football games, wrote the book Washed in the Blood, published in 2006. Ike Nail, a popular junior who had taken Betty home from rehearsal the previous evening, recounted a story that interested investigators. But as desperately as she wanted to propel herself out of Odessa, she was fatalistic about the future. 1734 1734. At the time, Mack said, he thought he was doing her a favor, but he now knew it was wrong. Betty was not given a part in the play for the first time, instead, she was assigned to be the stage manager. But she asked him for one last favor: to kill her. He never took Betty to his neighbor Carol McCutchans house, where the in crowd gathered for dance parties and rounds of spin the bottle. Herring's wife and friends also told investigators that a good friend of Herring died a day earlier and that Herring said "it should have been me," according to the autopsy report.. He didnt like to see things suffer. Worse, she learned that Mack would be playing one of Wintersets lead roles, a remorseless killer named Trock Estrella. Herring stated that Williams chose the weapon he used to kill her. Mack Herring December 15, 2009 Mr. Mack B. The family settled in North Carolina.Mack's father ran a wholesale grocery, clothing . I have stayed awake at night trying to think so I could explain it to other people, he said. When he broke up with her during her senior year at Odessa High School, her world fell apart. He died on January 5, 2019, at the age of 75, according to CBS. But what advantage he gained in being allowed to present his evidence was negated by Burnetts skill and showmanship. Oh, my God, I didnt think hed come, she had exclaimed. In October an Odessa College student named Sammi Sanchez, who was researching a paper she had to present to her speech class on the best place to spend Halloween, received permission to spend the night in the high schools auditorium. Fairfax has denied the accusation. With the 17-year-old now the main suspect in Bettys disappearance, Mack was taken to the Winkler County Jail for further questioning. Mack was the one, and without him, life wasnt worth living. It was like he was talking about shooting a dog.. Herring tied the knot on August 12, 1989, and have two children; daughter Peyton E. Herring, 26, and son Timothy R. Herring, 22. In retrospect, he told the jury, I know that everything about it was wrong.. He was a lifetime member of Person St. UMC; was a. I am consumed with this burning emptiness and loneliness that has taken charge of me, body and soul. Scandal And Relationship With Actor Lee Soo Hyuk, DeSantis seeks permanent ban on Covid-19 masks and vaccine mandates in Florida, How Shakira discovered Gerard Piques cheating. She hoped to one day become an actress, and in her bedroom, where movie posters and playbills covered the walls, she devoured magazines like the Hollywood scandal sheet Confidential. "Kiss and Kill" refers to the March 20, 1961 homicide of Betty Williams, a teenager from Odessa, Texas, United States. But the next afternoon during rehearsal, Betty pulled Mack into the prop room backstage. Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. [3], Herring was tried for murder but was acquitted. After they talked, she turned to her friend and said, Its been nice knowing you. Emily McCullar is a senior editor covering pop culture, news, and Texas history. According to legend, by parking across the street from the school at midnight and either flashing the headlights three times or honking and calling out her name, Betty would appear in the auditoriums windows. The letter, which the Texas Department of Public Safety had authenticated and which Mr. Powered by. When Ronnie White, who graduated from Odessa High the year that the murder took place, returned to his alma mater to teach history, in 1978, he was astonished to hear students talking about the former drama student named Betty whose spirit supposedly haunted the auditorium and the popular football player who had had a hand in her killing. She kept saying what it was going to be like in heaven. Then they had walked down to the pond together. Give me a kiss to remember you by, Mack asked. During the fall, Betty made a move on Bill Rose, one of Macks best friends. ODESSA, TX-- The "Kiss and Kill" killer, John Mack Herring, died on Saturday at the age of 75, CBS 7 reports. Most claimed that Mack had to have been insane at the time to do such a thing. . Heron "Mack" Herrin. I remember a teacher taking me aside afterward and asking me, Was Betty pregnant? And I said, No. When Betty said that life wasnt worth living without Mack, I understood it within the context of our family. Her murder and the verdicts that followed had stripped away any of his preconceptions about fairness and justice. Kiss and Kill is generally known as the murder of Betty Williams. Betty Williams body was discovered in a stock pond.https://t.co/Gb2DfQzcOt pic.twitter.com/RQg9pQI3hF. I have spoken with Lieutenant Governor Fairfax and assured him that, should he ascend to the governorship, he will have my complete support and and commitment to ensuring his success and the success of our Commonwealth., Lieutenant Governor Fairfax has said, about Northams year book page, that he cannot condone the actions from his past that, at the very least, suggest a comfort with Virginias darker history of white supremacy, racial stereotyping, and intimidation., In December, Herring, a Democrat, told the Washington Post that he is planning to run for governor of Virginia in the next election. . The notoriety of the case has long since faded, yet 45 years later, something lingers. By the winter, Betty had started telling friends that she would be better off dead. People around the nation were fascinated by the case, especially since Herring came out and admitted to killing his then girlfriend. If both the governor and lieutenant governor of the state step down, Herring would be next in line to become governor of Virginia. As he got closer, officers saw he was holding onto Bettys feet. But the only reaction she was able to provoke was a few eye rolls. Arguing for the state was 32-year-old district attorney Dan Sullivan, an earnest, if not particularly seasoned, lawyer who was out of his depth; in his sixteen months in office, he had prosecuted mostly oil-field theft cases and DWIs. Herring was tried and acquitted for the killing after his lawyers argued that he had temporary insanity. I charge for my services, he kidded, quoting her an impossibly high price. You can read his full statement about that here. I caught sight of him one afternoon in November as he pulled up to his house, a mint-green frame house not far from where he grew up. Herring read to the jury, held that Betty alone was to blame for her death. He was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, in the Appalachian Mountains. Mack wept when he heard the verdict and dozens of people rushed to his side. Why dredge it up again? But others refuse to forget. A strict Baptist, her father often preached to Betty about sin and eternal damnation, and on more than one Sunday morning, he prayed that she might learn to be a more obedient daughter. Betty Williams was put to rest at the Sunset Memorial Gardens. The self-confessed killer was invited to every party and his friends gloated about knowing him. She used to participate in sexual activity with a number of men with whom she was not in a relationship. I hear her name on a daily basis, says theater arts teacher Carl Moore, who has taught at Odessa High for four years. He was deprived of the power of applying logic. However, the effects of this gross stress reaction were temporary. Most claimed that Mack was an exemplary teenager and that he represented everything that was good. The oldest of four children, she knew that her parents could not afford to send her away to college, and her part-time job at Woolworths barely paid enough to finance any kind of getaway. Where Is John Mack Herring Now? John Mack Herring attended Texas Tech University, married and divorced twice, and worked as a dock foreman, a carpenter, a welder, and spent 25 years as an electrician. The teenagers who pass down stories about Betty are too young to remember the Kiss and Kill Murder, as it was christened by the press in 1961, but it was the most sensational crime in West Texas in its day. Betty, who had always enjoyed being outrageous, talked about wanting to die to whoever would listen. We sat there in the theater seats, in the dark, and we applauded for her.. As I have only the will and not the fortitude necessary, a friend of mine, seeing how great is my torment, has graciously consented to look after the details.His name is Mack Herring and I pray that he will not have to suffer for what he is doing for my sake. The former football player had been dethroned of his reasoning by Bettys pleadings, Grice said, and, in his estimation, had been temporarily insane when he put the shotgun to her head. Betty Williams was a fast girl from the wrong side of the tracks. However, no one took her request seriously and shrug it off as attention seeking. 5. View the profiles of people named Mack Herring. Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) [1] is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. Mack raised the gun barrel and Betty held it with the back of her hand, pointing it at her left temple. Betty had been murdered, and everyone wanted to sweep it under the rug and make it go away., And still, after nearly half a centurys worth of other tragedies, the stories at Odessa High School live on. Odessa police youth officer Bobby McAlpine sat Mack down to answer a few questions. The first person Burnett called to the stand was Macks father, O. H. Herring, who told the jury that on the day of his sons arrest, Mack had handed him a letter Betty had written. I really have enjoyed knowing you and Im awfully sorry that it had to end this way. It didnt move him when he pulled her body out of the water or when he said that hed put a shotgun to her head, remembers retired highway patrolman E. C. Locklear. Shortly after being declared innocent, Mack attended Texas Tech University. Betty had enlisted himthis worthy young manto do what she didnt have the courage to do herself. His own neighborhood lacks the gracious lawns and spreading trees of his childhood; the house, which is a bit down at the heels, looks like the province of a man who lives alone. Mack led officers to his fathers hunting lease, 26 miles northwest of town, on a lonely piece of scrubland studded with pump jacks. She is the daughter of the late Thomas Dale Huff and Margie Huff. He laid out his argument in an opinion piece in USA today, which you can read here. Citing this statute, Burnett argued before district court judge G. C. Olsen that before any trial was to take place, jurors should first have to evaluate Macks sanity at the time he pulled the trigger. No other event in my life impacted me the way this did, he says. Herring wrote, in part, In my independent constitutional judgment, Virginias ban on marriage equality violates the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. " Kiss and Kill " refers to the March 20, 1961 homicide of Betty Williams, a teenager from Odessa, Texas, United States. The football player told a plausible-enough story: He had dropped Betty off outside her parents house at midnight and had not seen her since. He agreed. Wikipedia & Age Details. 1770 1770. This story is from Texas Monthlys archives. When you think of me try to think of the good times we had and not of this. Nobody talked about how Mack could have said no, observes Sandra Scofield, who graduated from Odessa High a year before the murder. Ive never been so hurt in my life and I guess your note was the jolt I needed to get me back on the straight and narrow. After 11 hours of deliberation, Mack was deemed to have been insane at the time of pulling the trigger. In a flat monotone, Mack told investigators that he had shot Betty next to the stock tank, weighted her down, and submerged her body. We were all supportive, because we couldnt believe it, says a former Tri-Hi-Y girl who asked not to be identified. After an hour, his father was allowed to sit beside him in the interrogation room. True Crime and Unbelievably Real Stories; we aim to shine a light on the forgotten and unknown. She was reported missing two days later, and when Herring was probed, he didnt hesitate to tell the police officers the truth. Betty had talked about heaven a lot, he said, and had made it appear like a place you could reach out and touch. He explained that on the night he killed her, he had believed he was doing the right thing. Laura works as a middle school . I take upon myself all blame, for there it lies, on me alone! Maxine Alice McCune Mack Herring, died at her residence in Baker on Monday, July 26, 2010, at age 73. Heres hoping youll always have the best because youre one of the best!I find the tears clouding my eyes as I say goodbye to those I love. He married and divorced, twice. Ike Nail recounted to police what had happened the night before. Mother Milanka Ljubicic And Father, Rishi Sunak slams food tsars warning that bringing cakes into the office is like SMOKING, What Happened To Hoshi Dating? 40: Daughter: Goodys Herring. She fancied herself an intellectual and put down her opinions on everything from boys to religion in dozens of letters and notes that she passed in study hall. What pushed him to do it, none of us knew. So rather than admit defeat Im going to beat a quick retreat into the no mans land of death. Mary called the school but she hadnt arrived yet. But Fairfax is facing a sexual abuse scandal; according to a story on the conservative news site Big League Politics, a woman has accused him of sexually assaulting her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. She asked a few of the boys to kill her, but they refused. Bettys parents, lost in their grief, were her only visible supporters; her father occasionally leaned forward so as not to miss a word of testimony, dabbing at his eyes with a white handkerchief. As a result, locals sided with Mack, claiming she had tricked him into committing the crime. Mack laughed at the absurdity of the idea, and Betty laughed with him. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Mack, on the other hand, was given the role of Trock Estrella, a killer. Im sorry I have to tell you like this. The murderer is no longer among us. She died as a teen in 1961, according to reports. Read more here about our archive digitization project. I asked Burnett why and he said, Church aint over till they sing., At 34, Burnett was already considered one of the finest trial lawyers around, having earned the sobriquet the boy wonder of the West. An ex-Marine who, at the age of 25, had been the youngest prosecutor in Texas, Burnett always brought a sense of theater to the courtroom. Elizabeth Jean Betty Williams was born on August 11, 1943, and grew up in Odessa, Texas, with three younger siblings. Or was she just acting, pushing the boundaries in another bid to catch Macks attention? Shivering, Betty had hurried back to the Jeep to retrieve her duster. Macks own confession painted a picture of a methodically planned murder; before driving Betty half an hour out of town and shooting her, point-blank, in the head, he had, by his own admission, procured lead weights, rope, shotgun shells, and even a miners helmet to light his way so he could submerge her body in the stock tank. She had hanged herself in the theater. We had our pictures made last week. John was eventually charged for murder but was promptly acquitted. . He has attracted growing attention in recent days, because of the growing scandals engulfing both the governor and the lieutenant governor of Virginia. One by one, Bettys friends were called into the principals office, where they were asked to tell what they knew. "Mac" was born June 12, 1962 in Charlotte, to Ralph This time, various teachers testified. She was left devastated and full of guilt. [2], Williams and Herring were both students at Odessa High School. Custodian. As a young man, Herring worked to pay his way through college, taking on construction jobs and odd jobs. [2], Last edited on 14 November 2022, at 05:36, OBITUARY John Mack Herring September 23, 1943 January 5, 2019, "FIRST ON CBS7: "Kiss and Kill" killer has died", "Prosecution Rests Case in Kiss-and-Kill Trial", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiss_and_Kill&oldid=1121797351, This page was last edited on 14 November 2022, at 05:36. Herring studied at FTCC after high school and began working as a Tire Specialist for Kelly Springfield through Goodyear. Forrest Wilder writes about politics and the outdoors. Marvin Grice, a psychiatrist who had examined Mack a few days after his arrest, said he was not a danger to others. Following graduation, John enrolled at Texas Tech University. When you handed me that note this morning, you virtually changed the course of my life. I mean, the defendant had admitted he kissed the girl, then blew her away, weighted her body, and buried it in the pond: What else did the state need? So King was confounded when his good friend Warren Burnett, an Odessa defense attorney, decided to take the case. Mack Herring was not one of the elite football players at Odessa High School on whose shoulders rested the hopes for the 1960 season; as a back for the Bronchos, and one of average abilities, he was just another guy on the team. If he was going out there to hunt, he was going to kill.. Wife: Ada Herring. According to the police officers present at the time, Mack showed no emotion during the process. In the meantime, journalists had gathered at the scene. His request was granted. Early life and education. Burnett relied on his old playbook. Herring spent most of his childhood in Loudoun County, Virginia. Mack, in effect, would have a chance at acquittal before his murder trial had even begun. View Mack Herring's 1940 US census record to find family members, occupation details & more. [2] The television program A Crime to Remember covered the case in its finale episode of its third season. [4] Herring and Williams went next to a stock tank on his parents' hunting property in Winkler County, 26 miles (42km) from Downtown Odessa. But Mack was careful to be discreet about the time they spent together. He sold his 400 acres of land to Atkinson in 1813 for $400. Mark Herring. On January 5, 2019, Mack Herring died at the age of 75. Youve been the greatest friend I could ever ask for. Mack,Well, I guess you accomplished what you set out to do. He retired with 35 yrs. The front door, Mack answered. Previously, such an act was frowned upon. In the tradition of past attorneys general, I believe I am duty bound to uphold the U.S. Constitution, rather than support a Virginia law that is both unconstitutional and demeaning to Virginias same-sex couples.. 6/12: Not the Mack Herring . Upon hearing the verdict, Mack slumped in his chair and wept, while friends and classmates rushed to his side to embrace him. McAlpine was not convinced as there were some inconsistencies to the boys statement. [3], Odessa High School staff did not provide counseling after the homicide occurred. The first person Burnett called to the stand was Macks father. Heres what you need to know about Mark Herring: #BreakingNews @Fox5DC: Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring calls on Governor Ralph Northam to resign his office. After his graduation, John attended Texas Tech University. It sounds ridiculous even now writing it. I want everyone to know that what Im about to do in no way implicates anyone else. Tom Foster writes about business, innovation, and creative people. We were shocked that one of our owna popular football player who had been to our parties and had dated our friendshad committed a heinous crime, says Jean Smith Kiker. It sure does feel funny to be on the top of every thing looking down. She is survived by her daughters, Tina Marie Lane, of Baker, and. Nevertheless, students and teachers still claim to hear weird noises, including footsteps and see flickering lights and moving objects. She would hold the gun to her head, she said, while he pulled the trigger. I said, Give me a kiss to remember you by. She gave me a kiss and then said, Thank you, Mack. Warren Burnett was the best lawyer around. Sullivan tried to establish jealousy as a motive by calling to the stand Bill Rose, the popular football player whom Betty had parked with when she was dating Mack. Herring, 85, of Fayetteville died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at his residence. As a result, netizens are still perplexed over Bettys death. As for Macks case, Burnetts first move was to get Mack out of going to trial by using a law no one had ever resorted to before. There are people willing to be my friends, but mostly they [are] either too ignorant to understand why Im like I am, and consequently offer my mind no challenge; or they havent the wits to match mine., At the top of Odessa High Schools rigid social hierarchy were the cashmere girls, as one alumna called themthe girls with perfect complexions from West Odessas better neighborhoods who were perennially voted most popular, best personality, and class favorite. Tall and good-looking, with jet-black hair that framed a long, contemplative face, Mack was a guys guy, his classmates remember, who was quiet and self-contained. On March 22, 1961, at 8:45 AM, the 17-year-old was reported missing. Herring pledged to support Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax if Northam steps down. She is the pretty wife of Attorney General of VirginiaMark Herring. I think Betty trapped herself in a real-life drama of her own making, says Dixon Bowles. Mrs. Mack recounted the event and the next day the whole town knew about the kiss and kill murder. According to legend, she would appear at the windows of the school auditorium at midnightprovided that students flashed their headlights three times or honked their horn and called out her name. Odessa Kiss and Kill Murder in March 1961. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Evelyn Page Herring of the home; a son, Mack B. Sometimes I think it was real. Bettys life had never been worse. Betty, on the other hand, refused to conform to other peoples views. These were highly unpopular opinions to have at the time, but that didnt stop Betty from writing her thoughts down on paper and distributing them as letters throughout her school. Birth of Heron "Mack" Herrin. But the stories about Betty never went away. 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