http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/1 ... l?ir=Crime

Solving Kathy Mabry's Murder: Brutal 15-Year-Old Crime Highlights Decades-Long Mississippi Scandal


Posted: 01/17/2013 1:42 pm EST | Updated: 01/17/2013 9:44 pm EST

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Mabry was murdered here in 1997 at the age of 39. This part of America once produced murder ballads about brutal crimes like this one -- blues greats like Pinetop Perkins, Elmore James and Sonny Boy Williamson have all called Humphreys County home.

Kathy Mabry's killer raped her, then slashed her face, head and throat with a rusty razor blade. She was left to bleed to death on the floor of a vacant house. "I think about that case every day," Roseman says. "I told Kathy's momma I wouldn't get an honest night's rest until we got the man who did this."

Much more at link with pictures. It's long but well worth reading.

Thanks Packy.

Good to see people posting about cases that have inspired an interest. I know NOTHING about it. I will have to read.

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Wow. I just read that whole article. It's shocking what Haynes and West got away with all those years. Imagine how many innocent people and their families have suffered!

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