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Alberta Odell Jones (November 12, 1930 – August 5, 1965) was an African-American attorney and civil rights icon. She was one of the first African-American women to pass the Kentucky bar and the first woman appointed city attorney in Jefferson County. [1]
Kentucky Women Remembered is an exhibit in the Kentucky State Capitol that honors the contributions of women from the Commonwealth. The exhibit consists of over 60 watercolor portraits of outstanding Kentucky women. The Kentucky Commission on Women receives nominations and selects two to four honorees each year to be included.
He brutally murdered at least 17 women, most of whom were sex workers, and discarded their bodies in various locations around New York and New Jersey. On June 28, 1993, Rifkin was pulled over by ...
Breonna Taylor (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020) was an African-American woman who was shot and killed while unarmed in her Louisville, Kentucky home by three police officers who entered under the auspices of a "no-knock" search warrant.
When the Coroner summed up at the inquest on Thursday 7 December 1961 [4] he said that the jury had the choice of bringing in a verdict of murder by whoever they were satisfied did the murder, if they knew the name, or could bring in a verdict of murder by a person or persons unknown. He then said, 'After all, to accuse anyone of murder, to ...
Last seen in the grounds of Washington State University. Her skeletal remains were found wrapped in two blankets and discarded in a ravine south of Pullman, Washington, on April 16, 1972. Serial killer Ted Bundy is considered a suspect in LePage's murder, although he denied any culpability in this case.
A University of Kentucky family sciences professor whose ex-wife was murdered continues to seek justice for her in the courtroom, and most recently, in the state legislature.
Beulah May Annan (née Sheriff; November 18, 1899 – March 10, 1928) was an American suspected murderer.Her story inspired Maurine Dallas Watkins's play Chicago in 1926. . The play was adapted into a 1927 silent film, a 1975 stage musical, and a 2002 movie musical (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), all with that title, and a 1942 romantic comedy film, Roxie Hart, named for the ...