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FBI Fingerprints Oversight Delays Murder Investigation 47 Years

FBI Fingerprints Oversight Delays Murder Investigation 47 Years

Justice came slow for Everett Nelson Delano, known as Red. He was fatally shot at 9:35 a.m. Thursday, September 1, 1966 behind the desk of a gas station in Andover, New Hampshire, about 21 miles northwest of Concord, during a robbery. A friend of his who owned the station had asked him to look after it for a few hours that morning while he ran errands.

Justice came slow for Everett Nelson Delano, known as Red. He was fatally shot at 9:35 a.m. Thursday, September 1, 1966 behind the desk of a gas station in Andover, New Hampshire, about 21 miles northwest of Concord, during a robbery. A friend of his who owned the station had asked him to look after it for a few hours that morning while he ran errands.…