Holmes, then 21, was fired from his job at Shoney's Restaurant after getting into an argument with co-worker Amy Foshee. At closing on the day of his firing, Holmes waited in the parking lot with Michael Vance. Foshee left work with managers Theresa Blosl and Charles Ervin, who was carrying the restaurant's receipts. Holmes and Vance trapped them in the restaurant's foyer and attacked them, stabbing them multiple times and grabbing the money. Blosl and Ervin died; Foshee survived. Vance was tried separately and sentenced to 190 years.
Holmes, then 21, was fired from his job at Shoney's Restaurant after getting into an argument with co-worker Amy Foshee. At closing on the day of his firing, Holmes waited in the parking lot with Michael Vance. Foshee left work with managers Theresa Blosl and Charles Ervin, who was carrying the restaurant's receipts. Holmes and Vance trapped them in the restaurant's foyer and attacked them, stabbing them multiple times and grabbing the money. Blosl and Ervin died; Foshee survived. Vance was tried separately and sentenced to 190 years.
