Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former leader of the

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He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff

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and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967. Nix has repeatedly refused to comment about Pusser's claims that he was one of his wife's killers. In 1972, Nix was convicted of murdering Frank Corso, a

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grocery executive, in a break-in at Corso's home, and began serving a life sentence without parole. Nix was later involved in the 1987 murder-for-hire killing of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret, in

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. His co-conspirator, Biloxi Mayor

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, had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from Nix and blamed it on his law partner, Vincent Sherry. Nix ordered a hit from prison and was later sentenced to isolation for the rest of his life. According to an October 20, 1999 appeal from the United States District Court For the Southern District of Mississippi: Nix (register number 20921-077) is currently incarcerated at the

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. Nix's co-conspirator, Halat, BOP # 20918-077, was located at the CCM

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until his release on April 24, 2013. Previously, Halat was located at the

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, and the

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.Peter Halat Jr.
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. Retrieved on July 24, 2010.

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