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Woman recants claims about cop involvement in 1999 slayings

This Saturday, March 16, 2019 booking photo provided by the Dale County Sheriff's Office, shows Coley McCraney. A woman who fueled a social media frenzy with claims about police being involved in the killings of two Alabama teens found dead in a car trunk in 1999 testified that she was lying the whole time. Rena Crumb, 53, recanted her allegations Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, during a hearing for the Alabama trucker awaiting trial on capital murder charges in the slayings of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, WTVY-TV reported. (Dale County Sheriff's Office via AP) A memorial to two Alabama teenagers killed in 1999 stands beside a road at Ozark, Ala., on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. A woman who fueled a social media frenzy with claims about police being involved in the killings of two Alabama teens found dead in a car trunk in 1999 testified that she was lying the whole time. Rena Crumb, 53, recanted her allegations Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 during a hearing for an Alabama trucker awaiting trial on capital murder charges in the slayings of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, WTVY-TV reported. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)