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This case from Rockport MA is an interesting case that I read about years ago. Arthur F Oker was a tailor from Finland and he had a shop on Main Street in 1932. It was a Saturday, the busiest day of the week for shopping, when Arthur failed to return home for lunch. His son went down to the shop but the door was locked. He went back home, retrieved an extra set of keys and opened the door to find his father laying on the floor bleeding, the safe open and missing $17. Arthur died on the way to the hospital. It was determined that he had been stabbed by a pair of scissors, but the weapon was never found. Of course being a small town rumors began and one woman became convinced she knew who Oker's killer was. At a church dinner she told everyone she was going to the police the following morning, however that night she was bludgeoned to death and burned in her home. The case file for this case were destroyed a decade later by the top police officer because he felt reputations would be ruined if the files ever became public knowledge. Although the case files are gone, the evidence remains and is open to the public. A number of people in town say they know who it is but won't speak his name until he dies for fear of retribution.
Who killed Arthur Oker and Augusta Johnson? - The Boston Globe
Essex County Chronicles: Area had its share of murder mysteries in last century
Rockport’s Murder Mystery: Going to the Grave – Courtney Scott – Medium
Who killed Arthur Oker and Augusta Johnson? - The Boston Globe
Essex County Chronicles: Area had its share of murder mysteries in last century
Rockport’s Murder Mystery: Going to the Grave – Courtney Scott – Medium