When two sisters vanish after walking to a neighborhood convenience store their family is immediately alarmed. The urgency of the case ratchets up when their skeletonized remains are found weeks later in the heart of a federal recreation area. The unsolved murders of 16-year-old Vickie Stout and 14-year-old Carla Atkins need your attention.
Vicki Lee Stout (Photo Source) Murder At Land Between the Lakes Podcast Facebook page
Carla Sue Atkins (Photo Source) Murder At Land Between the Lakes Podcast Facebook page
Carla and Vickie and their friends (Photo Source) Murder At Land Between the Lakes Podcast Facebook page
Vickie and Carla and their youngest brother, Brian (Photo Source) Murder At Land Between the Lakes Podcast Facebook page
Age-progressed suspect sketch released by the TBI in 2014 (Source) Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Age-progressed suspect sketch released by the TBI in 2014 (Source) Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Age-progressed suspect sketch released by the TBI in 2014 (Source) Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Trish Gordon (right) and Amelia Courtney (left) during their interview with Park Predators host, Delia D’Ambra in 2025 (Photo Source) Delia D’Ambra
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area Image (Photo Source) John Mahler
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area Map (Source) Google Maps
Episode Source Material
- Park Predators Interview with Patricia Gordon & Amelia Courtney. Conducted October 11, 2025. By Delia D’Ambra.
- Carla Atkins Autopsy Report. Courtesy, Amelia Courtney.
- Vickie Stout Autopsy Report. Courtesy, Amelia Courtney.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Two Dover Girls Remain Missing. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Missing Girls’ Bodies Found. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Slayings Probe Moves to Paris. By Greg Kuhl via newspapers.com.
- The Commercial Appeal: Grisly Discovery Finishes Search for 2 Teenagers. By Charles M. Crouch via newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean: Teens Death Probe Spreads to Henry. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Johnson City Press: Memorial Fund begun for two girls found dead. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Commercial Appeal: Family Digs Graves As Killer is Sought. By Charles M. Crouch via newspapers.com.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Girls’ Bodies Returned to Dover. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Services Held for Dover Girls. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean: Funeral Rites Held for Slain Sisters. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Reward Offered In Sisters Murder. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Leaf-Chronicle: Autopsy: Dover Girls Were Shot. By Wendell Wilson via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: New Information Reopens Dover Murder Case. By Janine Burns via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Unsolved Murder Of Two Dover Teens To Be Featured On TV. By B. L. Williams via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Possible Link Found In 1980 Murder Of Two Teens. By B. L. Williams via newspapers.com.
- The Tennessean: Sheriff hasn’t closed book on unsolved 1980 killings. By Paul Oldham via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Double murder reopened. By Bonnie Lill via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Case still cold after 33 years. By Bonnie Lill via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Cold case: 1980 murders of Atkins, Stout on front burner for three years. By Bonnie Lill. via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Candlelight Vigil for Justice draws 100. By Bonnie Lill via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: 35th Anniversary Memorial Vigil of LBL Murders Oct. 3. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Initial Media Reports on Stout/Atkins Murders Contained False Information. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: LBL Murder Victims Initially Listed As Runaways. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Autopsy Reports: LBL Murder Victims Died From Shotgun Wounds to Head. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Thursday Marks 35th Anniversary of Carla & Vickie’s Disappearance. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Murder Victims Lived Behind Old Dairy Dip, Early Summer 1980. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: D.A. Crouch to Speak at Vigil Saturday For Carla & Vickie. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Vigil marks 35 years of unsolved murders. By Carole Blish via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: 2015 Saw Movement in Unsolved 1980 LBL Double Murder. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Breaking News: TBI Seeks Help in Unsolved Stout Atkins Murder. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Stewart-Houston Times: Haslam offers reward in 1980 case. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: The Elusive Press Release. By Danny Peppers via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Calls for Reward Increase in 1980 Atkins/Stout Murder Case. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Reward Increase in Stout/Atkins Murder Case in Hands of Governor. By David Russell Ross via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Another Anniversary of Girls Murder in LBL. By Danny Peppers via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: 40 Year Anniv. Of Sisters Unsolved Murder in LBL; New Podcast Starts Sept. 17. By Danny Peppers via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Could There Be a Killer Among Us? DA Looking At Persons From Area; DNA Profile Being Worked on in 40 Yr. Old LBL Murder Case. By Danny Peppers via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Prayer Vigil for Atkins, Stout Sunday, Oct. 4 Starting at 2pm. By Danny Peppers via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Vigil Held for 40th Anniversary of LBL Murders. By Danny Peppers via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: First DNA Results Come Back in LBL Murder Case. By Danny Peppers via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: 41 Years After Atkins/Stout Murders, Sister Says: “I Know Who Killed the Girls.” By Levi Page via newspapers.com.
- Stewart County Standard: Family Plans Vigil 41 Years After LBL Murders. By Levi Page via newspapers.com.
- Land Between the Lakes Area: ‘Death at the old Dover Dairy Dip’ – LBL’s unsolved 1980 Lost Creek Child Murders. By David Russell Ross.
- Fox 17 WZTV Nashville: Tennessee sisters’ unsolved 1980 double murder still haunts family, friends. By Amanda Chin.
- Stewart County Standard: 44 Year Anniversary of LBL Murders; FBI Finally Involved. By Levi Page.
- Murder At Land Between The Lakes Podcast. By Amelia Courtney and Lainie Sullivan.
- Find a Grave: Carla Sue Atkins
- Find a Grave: Vickie Lee Stout