COLD CASE ON THE DEATH OF JAMES “JIM” DUCKETT – kentuckystatepolice.org
''Kentucky State Police Request Help Resolving James “Jim” Duckett Death
On 11/10/2008, James “Jim” Duckett was located deceased in his residence on Rockbridge Road in Shelbyville, KY. Mr. Duckett had been tied to a chair and had suffered multiple stab wounds.
If you have any information regarding this murder please contact Lt. Todd Harwood at Post 12. : Investigations Lt. Todd.harwood or by phone at 1-502-227-2221''
2009
Family still without answers 11 months after brother's murder
James Duckett's truck (Photo courtesy: Kentucky State Police
''When she stepped inside her brother's home, Katherine says she lost her breath. His beloved cowboy boots were on the floor, and his dead body was just steps away.
"I know it was a couple of seconds, but it felt like a lifetime," Katherine said. "You're just standing there. It's an image you never ... it's something you never get out of your mind."
Police say Duckett was tied up and tortured before he was killed. His truck was stolen but recovered later in the day. Surveillance video from the Shelbyville Fifth Third Bank shows someone using Duckett's ATM card, but so far police have not made any arrests.
Now, 11 months later, Katherine says her life is still upside down, and she still wonders if a stranger on the street was involved in her brother's murder. And she says she has spent a lot of sleepless nights thinking about the person or persons responsible for her brother's murder.''
''The family remembers Duckett as a man who was a people pleaser, with a great sense of humor. He was a Doss High graduate, a father and an army veteran.
"He was in the military police," Katherine said. "He did do Desert Storm and when he joined he went to D.C. and was in Ronald Reagan's Old Guard."
''Duckett's niece - who happens to have a Masters in Justice Administration - says she won't stop trying to trigger the public's memory about Jim's truck and the night of the murder.
"It was a very loud truck," Brittney said, describing the Dodge Ram pickup that Duckett's killer took the night of his death. "It was new. It had temporary plates. It was unseasonably warm that night, and it was the night of Light Up Shelbyville."
''Kentucky State Police Request Help Resolving James “Jim” Duckett Death
On 11/10/2008, James “Jim” Duckett was located deceased in his residence on Rockbridge Road in Shelbyville, KY. Mr. Duckett had been tied to a chair and had suffered multiple stab wounds.
If you have any information regarding this murder please contact Lt. Todd Harwood at Post 12. : Investigations Lt. Todd.harwood or by phone at 1-502-227-2221''
2009
Family still without answers 11 months after brother's murder
James Duckett's truck (Photo courtesy: Kentucky State Police
''When she stepped inside her brother's home, Katherine says she lost her breath. His beloved cowboy boots were on the floor, and his dead body was just steps away.
"I know it was a couple of seconds, but it felt like a lifetime," Katherine said. "You're just standing there. It's an image you never ... it's something you never get out of your mind."
Police say Duckett was tied up and tortured before he was killed. His truck was stolen but recovered later in the day. Surveillance video from the Shelbyville Fifth Third Bank shows someone using Duckett's ATM card, but so far police have not made any arrests.
Now, 11 months later, Katherine says her life is still upside down, and she still wonders if a stranger on the street was involved in her brother's murder. And she says she has spent a lot of sleepless nights thinking about the person or persons responsible for her brother's murder.''
''The family remembers Duckett as a man who was a people pleaser, with a great sense of humor. He was a Doss High graduate, a father and an army veteran.
"He was in the military police," Katherine said. "He did do Desert Storm and when he joined he went to D.C. and was in Ronald Reagan's Old Guard."
''Duckett's niece - who happens to have a Masters in Justice Administration - says she won't stop trying to trigger the public's memory about Jim's truck and the night of the murder.
"It was a very loud truck," Brittney said, describing the Dodge Ram pickup that Duckett's killer took the night of his death. "It was new. It had temporary plates. It was unseasonably warm that night, and it was the night of Light Up Shelbyville."
