Late last month, 77-year-old Felix Vail was sentenced to life in prison for
killing his first wife, Mary Horton Vail, who died on a fishing trip in 1962
with Vail. Eleven years after Mary died, Felix’s new wife, Sharon Hensley,
mysteriously disappeared. Then, 11 years later, in 1984, Felix’s new wife,
Annette Craver Vail, disappeared. She was just 17 years old. Sharon and Annette
were never heard from again. All three women were last seen with Felix Vail, but
Felix was never charged in any of the cases. But that changed after the
Mississippi Clarion-Ledger ran a multi-part series re-examining the deaths and
disappearances. The lead reporter on the series was the prize-winning
investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell, who has appeared on Democracy Now!
multiple times over the years. Shortly after his DN!
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