August 1997
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Garnett Johnson, a black resident of Grayson County, was doused with gasoline and set on
fire, and on the morning of July 25, 1997, his burned and beheaded body was found on the
property of one of the white men accused in his killing. Those men were said to be friends
of
Johnson's. How did this horror happen?