Curtis Flowers
Just before I was preparing to move into a new house this case had a dramatic ending and I knew that I wanted it to be one of the first that researched once things got settled. Surprisingly this case was not on my list of more than a thousand cases that I work through on a regular basis. Curtis Flowers faced six trials for a crime committed in 1996 so obviously this is not an “easy” case but I will try my best to keep the confusion to a minimum. There is a Podcast called “In the Dark” and the second season focuses on this case. I have not seen it as for whatever the reason that is not something that I have gotten into when it comes to my true crime obsession. However, it did win a journalism award and is said to be credited for bringing the case to the limelight as well as case doubt on much of the case against Flowers. On the morning of July 16, 1996 a man named Sam Jones received a phone call from his former employer, Bertha Tardy a little after nine in the morning. Jones ...