Man Flees After Wife Drowns In Hotel Pool
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4 min readSep 25, 2019
(UPDATED) Mr. and Mrs. Battuon’s real identities remain a mystery.
On the afternoon of July 5, 1966, a young couple checked into the Ropers Motel in Pecos, Texas. They introduced themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Russell Battuon.
Later that evening, Mrs. Battuon went for a swim in the hotel’s pool while Russell took a nap. At one point, an employee heard a scream coming…
