Recent content by FrankfortHeights

One question I had from the article dealt with the store clerk and the policeman searching the area? Why would they search the living quarters but not enter into the store itself? Especially if the store clerk was present? The blouse being removed might lend credibility to the suicide theory...

The last newspaper article mentions an inquest being held? I wasn't able to find anything more from the papers? If this was done wouldn't that be a legal matter that would have a paper trail? I've found a couple of distant relatives of the victim who said that family was never convinced this...

Here is information I have learned about the case since my original post. Benton Evening News – Monday, April 15, 1963 Murder Possibility Probed in Frankfort: But Suicide is Probable Officers Say The decapitated body of a 43-year-old West Frankfort widow was discovered Sunday morning...

I do not know the victim's name yet but I am getting close to getting that information. I've narrowed down the time period of when the murder occurred and have ordered back copies of newspapers through interlibrary loan. I'll post the information once I get it.

I have since learned that a "prominent citizen" was always suspected as the killer but no charges were ever filed. So far nobody has been will to say who the "prominent citizen" is or if he is still living. One person I spoke to said that they thought the case was ruled a suicide. She said...

I am gathering some research for a potential writing project on a murder case which happened in my small hometown. An employee of a small neighborhood grocery store was found beheaded by the meat cutter. (sounds like an episode of CSI doesn't it?). This occured in the early 1960's. There were...