True Crime Stories

When I research a case I basically put the information I find in different categories and give them the weight I feel it deserves. At the top of that list are appeal records. If I can find an appeal record that is not just the thing I rely on the most, but will also be the first thing I will read to get information. The next level is newspaper articles and those are pretty much sub-divided. From time to time I will find one that did a day by day or even a timeline throughout a day update article and those are fairly good. From there I have to be a bit skeptical because many times as stories are updated they will basically re-publish much of a previous article and if it had some facts confused or misleading it can become a bit of a problem. It may seem odd but the sources that I depend on the least are blogs such as mine. It is not that I do not have respect for most of those who do this, but I find a lot of misinformation in blogs especially when it comes to the legal issues. I...

While my last several blogs have been about crimes that took place between the mid 1800's and the 1920's, I went a bit later for this one. This one took place in 1977 in Indianapolis. Yes, I know a few of the ones I have done lately have involved Indianapolis. And, while I was alive then, and even living in Indianapolis at the time this was one I had not heard of until I did some searches of famous crimes. While it is said to be infamous in Indiana and there have been many articles done on the crime over the years, for me it did not reach the level of say, the Sylvia Liken's or the still unsolved Burger Chef murders. Marjorie Jackson was an eccentric, extremely wealthy widow who had lived alone since her husband, Chester, had died in 1970. Chester's father, Lafayette, had been the founder and owner of Standard Grocery stores. Lafayette was killed in his Washington Street store in 1931 (and may be the subject of a future blog) and Chester i...