Bob Durwood Moore, known to some as Tex, was one of two men murdered during a ride-sharing trip through Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the autumn of 1973. Moore and companion Fred Edward Simmons picked up hitchhikers Troy Leon Gregg, 25, and 16-year-old Floyd Ralford Sam Allen. After the group’s car broke down, Simmons bought a 1960 red and white Pontiac and the party continued north.

On November 21, 1973, at a rest stop near Georgia Highway 20 and Interstate 85, Gregg opened fire on Moore and Simmons with a .25-caliber automatic while they returned to the vehicle. Both men fell into a drainage ditch; Gregg then shot each in the head at close range, took their money and belongings, and fled with Allen in Simmons’ Pontiac. The bodies were found the next morning. Witness Dennis Weaver, who had been picked up earlier and later saw a news report, helped lead authorities to Gregg and Allen, who were arrested in Asheville, North Carolina, on November 24, 1973; Gregg was found with the murder weapon.

The Superior Court of Gwinnett County convicted Troy Leon Gregg of the murders and related armed robberies; he was sentenced to death. Does anyone have memories of Moore, where he was living or traveling from at that time, or information about the day the group picked up those hitchhikers?