True Crime Stories

This case proved a bit difficult from the start. When I find a case to add to my list I generally will put the state in which it occurred, or country, although admittedly I purposely tend to try and stay away with cases from other countries due to the differences in laws. Sometimes I add a year or something else to help me do a search when I am ready. This case was listed in notes as “head and hands murder-Indiana-1930's.” I had based this on seeing a list of men executed in Indiana and the nickname given. So when I began my search I started with those parameters. I immediately kept finding things that referred to Kentucky and Ohio and very little it seemed about Indiana. After several attempts, and double checking things I was wanting to make sure I was finding the case I intended to find. In the end I discovered that everything I was finding was in fact all the same case. On June 12, 1936 a Kentucky farmer found an axe and what was described as “bloody debr...

Older cases are always a little more difficult to research based on little or wrong information that gets passed down. It often becomes difficult to to sift through what is fact and what is legend. This case, while not as old as some that I have done, not only proved difficult due to the age of the case but also because of the area in which it took place and the fact that there was an apparent cover-up. To add to this, there are few sources to work with. There have been a few books published on this and a few more articles but it appears that the accuracy of the information is based on the time in which it was written and what may or may not have been discovered. On the night of August 4, 1932 a man named Duncan Minor went to the home of his (2 nd ) cousin, Jennie Merrill in Natchez Mississippi. It was said that Duncan made this trip to the home, named Glenburnie, every evening and would return to his own home before dawn. It seems apparent that the two were h...