The following statement of facts has been distilled primarily from the Greenville city police department’s investigative file on the murders of Lt. Frank Looper of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and his father, Rufus Looper. After Mr. Wakefield’s capital murder conviction, then Lt. Jim Christopher maintained the entire investigative file to which then Solicitor Billy Wilkins added all of his notes “in the event [the case] came back up” for re-trial (Exhibit U at 444). The file has been cited as Exhibit U. Click on the link next to any citation to access the source materials. If you challenge the accuracy of any statements contained on this website, please contact the administrator at eric@ericgottlieb.com with your specific objection.