In the early morning hours, a gunshot echoes across the quiet community of Valdosta, Georgia.
A professor, known for his extensive studies of the Okefenokee Swamp, is gunned down in the lighted vestibule of his home.
Students and citizens fear a murderer is walking among them. Windows are slammed shut and deadbolts secure doors in thousands of homes.
Among the shocked citizens is Valdosta State University baseball Coach Chad Harrington, a...