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As her bio says, Athalia Ponsell Lindsley was an American model, Broadway dancer, political activist and television personality on the show Winner Take All. She was murdered on January 23rd 1974.
"Lindsley had been in an ongoing feud with a neighbor called Alan Griffin Stanford Jr. One of the concerns was the six stray dogs she took in that barked incessantly. Stanford had threatened Athalia`s life.
Between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on January 23, 1974, Lindsley was attacked on the front steps of her home at 124 Marine Street by a white middle-aged male wearing a white dress shirt and dark dress pants. She was struck nine times by the machete on her hand, arm and in the head. One of her fingers was severed and she was nearly decapitated. Toward the end of the attack, an 18-year-old neighbor, Locke McCormick, heard the sounds of a commotion and went outside to look. He allegedly shouted to his mother that "Mr. Stanford is hitting Mrs. Ponsell." After the perpetrator left, the McCormicks went next door and saw Lindsley lying in a pool of blood on her porch and called 911.
Stanford was indicted and brought to trial; after two hours of jury deliberation, he was acquitted. Critics accused the police of botching the investigation and tainting evidence".
Here is more info on the case:
Athalia Ponsell Lindsley
The True Crime Database - Case File
"Lindsley had been in an ongoing feud with a neighbor called Alan Griffin Stanford Jr. One of the concerns was the six stray dogs she took in that barked incessantly. Stanford had threatened Athalia`s life.
Between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on January 23, 1974, Lindsley was attacked on the front steps of her home at 124 Marine Street by a white middle-aged male wearing a white dress shirt and dark dress pants. She was struck nine times by the machete on her hand, arm and in the head. One of her fingers was severed and she was nearly decapitated. Toward the end of the attack, an 18-year-old neighbor, Locke McCormick, heard the sounds of a commotion and went outside to look. He allegedly shouted to his mother that "Mr. Stanford is hitting Mrs. Ponsell." After the perpetrator left, the McCormicks went next door and saw Lindsley lying in a pool of blood on her porch and called 911.
Stanford was indicted and brought to trial; after two hours of jury deliberation, he was acquitted. Critics accused the police of botching the investigation and tainting evidence".
Here is more info on the case:
Athalia Ponsell Lindsley
The True Crime Database - Case File
