So much for a good guy with a gun. Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante broke into a house in rural Chester County and stole a .22-caliber rifle despite the homeowner firing seven shots at him. Unexplained: How Cavalcante got his hands on the weapon. I can understand wanting access to a handgun for self-protection, but a rifle belongs under lock and key for exactly this reason.
“Indiana Wants Me” was the only U.S. hit for Canadian singer-songwriter R. Dean Taylor, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 but No. 1 in Cashbox, which based its rankings on sales. Taylor, inpired by watching the movie “Bonnie and Clyde,” wrote and produced the tune himself. It was released by Rare Earth, Motown’s rock subsidiary.
Cavalcante’s story differs from Taylor’s in one key detail: He won’t be writing any letters to his sweetheart – his ex-girlfriend is the one he murdered to get the life sentence in the first place. Still undetermined is which ending he’ll opt for. Taylor’s original recording ends with the sound of gunfire, but an alternate version fades out without it. Another version, minus the police sirens, was distributed to radio stations after drivers complained that they had mistakenly pulled over when the song played on the radio.
