Community Pushes Back on Parole for Morristown Man Convicted in 1980 Teen Slaying

Randy Lee May (HCSO)

Community Pushes Back on Parole for Morristown Man Convicted in 1980 Teen Slaying

Randy Lee May (HCSO)

Hamblen County, TN (WOKI) Community members in Hamblen County launch an online petition to keep a Morristown man behind bars for the grisly murder of a teen over four decades ago.

Randy Lee May was found guilty in the July 1980 murder of 16-year-old Mary Jones. Investigators said May pretended to be a law enforcement officer and coaxed two teenage girls into his car and drove them into the woods, where he committed violent acts including murder.

May is up for parole on August 24 but friends and family, including survivor Mitzi Sizemore, are pushing back through a change.org petition calling on the state to deny May parole.

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Community Pushes Back on Parole for Morristown Man Convicted in 1980 Teen Slaying

Randy Lee May (HCSO)

Community Pushes Back on Parole for Morristown Man Convicted in 1980 Teen Slaying

Randy Lee May (HCSO)

Hamblen County, TN (WOKI) Community members in Hamblen County launch an online petition to keep a Morristown man behind bars for the grisly murder of a teen over four decades ago.

Randy Lee May was found guilty in the July 1980 murder of 16-year-old Mary Jones. Investigators said May pretended to be a law enforcement officer and coaxed two teenage girls into his car and drove them into the woods, where he committed violent acts including murder.

May is up for parole on August 24 but friends and family, including survivor Mitzi Sizemore, are pushing back through a change.org petition calling on the state to deny May parole.