Alday Murders, 1973 Photo by Charles Postell

The five Alday men's bodies remained in the home when Charles Postell arrived on the scene in Donalsonville, Georgia. River Road, a straight shot of pavement through the rural Seminole County of good ole boys of the tightest-cinched Bible Belt, would forever be a haunted trail. Not far from the residence, down a logging road, was the body of Mary Alday, wife of Jerry Alday, who had been left naked and dead in a fire ant bed. "Get them goddam fire ants off that baby," Sheriff Dan White said at the scene.

The five Alday men’s bodies remained in the home when Charles Postell arrived on the scene in Donalsonville, Georgia. River Road, a straight shot of pavement through the rural Seminole County of good ole boys of the tightest-cinched Bible Belt, would forever be a haunted trail. Not far from the residence, down a logging road, was the body of Mary Alday, wife of Jerry Alday, who had been left naked and dead in a fire ant bed.
“Get them goddam fire ants off that baby,” Sheriff Dan White said at the scene.

Alday graves, freshly dug

Alday graves, freshly dug

Photo by Charles Postell. Donalsonville, Ga

The Alday gravesite, Photo, Charles Postell, 1973

The Alday gravesite, Photo, Charles Postell, 1973

The black marble was shipped in from Africa for the 6 graves of the Alday family slain by Carl Isaacs, Billy Isaacs, Wayne Carl Coleman and George Dungee on May 14, 1973