Millions May Still Be Out There From '70s Murder
FBI agent investigating heiress's murder may have lifted cash: reporter
(Newser)
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During the last few months of her life, Marjorie Jackson became wary of
keeping her inherited fortune in the bank, so she withdrew $8.6 million
and stashed it in garbage bags, drawers, and toolboxes all over her
Indianapolis home, the Indianapolis Star
reports. And she may have had even more squirreled away around the
house, possibly up to $15 million altogether, per an attorney who was a
deputy prosecutor at the time. But when the heiress was murdered in
1977, her killers took only about $3 million of it ($1.7 million of it
was found buried in the Arizona desert) and about $5 million was
recovered at the home, leading to the question: Is more of Jackson's
money still out there? An 81-year-old reporter
who's been nominated for two Pulitzers thinks maybe, that an FBI agent
assigned to the case may have lifted it, and that the FBI may have
covered the whole thing up to save its reputation.
The
story is a fascinating one with plenty of curiosities, the Star
reports. One is Jackson herself, a recluse who left a place setting for
Jesus in her dining room and gifts scattered around her home labeled
"To God from Marjorie." The two convicted of killing her were an odd
couple, too, with one described by the ex-prosecutor as a "hip,
inner-city black," the other an "ignorant hillbilly." But reporter Don
Devereux is most intrigued by the info he uncovered while digging into
the case, including financial and property files he obtained from the
FBI that suggest a now-deceased agent may have skimmed some of the cash
from the desert dig (or from another location harboring more money),
funneled it into a Swiss bank account, and then used it years later to
buy real estate. "I'm not accusing the FBI agent of anything, but it
sounds like there could be something to it," Jackson's 69-year-old
nephew tells the Star. (Read about the puzzling case here.)http://www.newser.com/story/213222/millions-may-still-be-out-there-from-70s-murder.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_home
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