Unsolved Murders: The DeFoor Family Murder of 1879 (Season 1)

What happened to the DeFoor family?

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Resources: 

• Forensic Colleges - ADVANCES IN FORENSIC SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES (2024) - https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/10-modern-forensic-science-technologies 
• The Lineup - The Unsolved DeFoor Family Murder of 1879: On a summer night in Georgia, a killer crept into the DeFoor family homestead and slaughtered them with an axe - By Orrin Grey - Published Apr 22, 2016 - https://the-line-up.com/defoor-family-murder-1879 
• Atlanta’s Upper Westside website - Defoor - http://atlantasupperwestside.com/Site/DeFoor.html 
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65501668/martin-defoor: accessed June 23, 2024), memorial page for Martin DeFoor (17 Sep 1805–25 Jul 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65501668, citing Montgomery Family Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Thomas (contributor 46543873).
• Wikipedia - Martin DeFoor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_DeFoor 
• Wikipedia - Historic ferries of the Atlanta area - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_ferries_of_the_Atlanta_area 
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65501939/susan-defoor: accessed June 24, 2024), memorial page for Susan Tabor DeFoor (2 Dec 1798–25 Jul 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65501939, citing Montgomery Family Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Thomas (contributor 46543873)
• Digital Library of Georgia -"Montgomery-DeFoor House” - Atlanta History Center. 1870, http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1902
• The Neighbor website - uiet family cemetery reminder of brutal double murder - bt Thornton Kennedy - Oct 31, 2018 - https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/opinion/quiet-family-cemetery-reminder-of-brutal-double-murder/article_156719fe-dd76-11e8-aa13-97af70988807.html 
• Archive Atlanta Podcast - DeFoor Murders - by Victoria Lemos - May1st, 2020 - https://www.archiveatlantapodcast.com/ 
• newspapers.com 
• The Philadelphia Inquirer - murdered: Am Aged Couple Killed by Midnight Assassins - July 28th, 1879 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/248642011/?match=1&terms=Martin%20DeFoor 
• Reddit - ‘The Murders of Martin and Susan Defoor’ - r/UnsolvedMysteries - OP: UnsolvedCrimes - https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7rbwte/the_murders_of_martin_and_susan_defoor/?onetap_auto=true&one_tap=true