"Kiss and Kill" refers to the March 20, 1961 homicide of Betty Williams, a teenager from Odessa, Texas, United States.
[4] Herring and Williams went next to a stock tank on his parents' hunting property in Winkler County, 26 miles (42 km) from Downtown Odessa.
[2] Herring did not lose social status from the event, and instead town gossip maligned Williams, accusing her of leading him astray.
[3] Shelton Williams, a cousin of the homicide victim and an alumnus of Permian High School who played against Herring in American football games, wrote the book Washed in the Blood, published in 2006.
[4] Odessa High students reported ghost sightings and paranormal phenomena at the school for decades, up to 2006, centering around Betty Williams.
Odessa High's administration applied paint to the school auditorium's windows to counter the ghost story culture.