The Legs Murder Case
In 1935 in Laurel Mississippi a hunter, out with his dog discovered at least partial legs on the side of an isolate road. Research indicates that the body parts found were only thighs. But exactly how authorities were led to believe those legs belonged to Daisy Keeton seems a bit unclear. Ultimately investigators would accuse Daisy's daughter, Jaunita “Ouida” Keeton and her “lover,” prominent business man, William Carter, with the murder and dismemberment. It seems that a witness had claimed to see Ouida on the road where the legs were found at some point. This case was nicknamed the Legs Murder Case not because they had been discovered, but because they were the only body parts ever found. Ouida also received her own nickname, “Mississippi's Lizzie Borden.” Daisy had been married to John Monroe Keeton who had “mysteriously died in a railroad accident in 1907” when Ouida was eight years old. Ouida was the second oldest of five children shared by Daisy and Jo...