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Who Killed Betty Gail Brown? Murder, Mistrial, and Mystery

Title
Who Killed Betty Gail Brown? [electronic resource] : Murder, Mistrial, and Mystery / Robert G. Lawson.
Author
Lawson, Robert G., 1938-
Publication
  • Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017s
  • Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2017]

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Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 205 pages) :) : illustrations.
Summary
On October 26, 1961, after an evening of studying with friends on the campus of Transylvania University, nineteen-year-old student Betty Gail Brown got into her car around midnight--presumably headed for home. But she would never arrive. Three hours later, Brown was found dead in a driveway near the center of campus, strangled to death with her own brassiere. Kentuckians from across the state became engrossed in the proceedings as lead after lead went nowhere. Four years later, the police investigation completely stalled. In 1965, a drifter named Alex Arnold Jr. confessed to the killing while in jail on other charges in Oregon. Arnold was brought to Lexington, indicted for the murder of Betty Gail Brown, and put on trial, where he entered a plea of not guilty. Robert G. Lawson was a young attorney at a local firm when a senior member asked him to help defend Arnold, and he offers a meticulous record of the case in Who Killed Betty Gail Brown? During the trial, the courtroom was packed daily, but witnesses failed to produce any concrete evidence. Arnold was an alcoholic whose memory was unreliable, and his confused, inconsistent answers to questions about the night of the homicide did not add up. Since the trial, new leads have come and gone, but Betty Gail Brown's murder remains unsolved. A written transcript of the court proceedings does not exist; and thus Lawson, drawing upon police and court records, newspaper articles, personal files, and his own notes, provides an invaluable record of one of Kentucky's most famous cold cases.
Uniform Title
  • Who Killed Betty Gail Brown? (Online)
  • Book collections on Project MUSE.
Alternative Title
Who Killed Betty Gail Brown? (Online)
Subject
  • Brown, Betty Gail > Death and burial
  • Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Kentucky
  • Murder victims > Kentucky
  • Murder > Investigation > Kentucky
Note
  • Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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Contents
Preface -- 1. The murder of Betty Gail Brown -- 2. The initial investigation -- 3. Cooling down of a hot case -- 4. Arrival of a real suspect -- 5. Events preceding trial -- 6. The trial -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.
OCLC
ssj0001929545
Author
Lawson, Robert G., 1938-
Title
Who Killed Betty Gail Brown? [electronic resource] : Murder, Mistrial, and Mystery / Robert G. Lawson.
Imprint
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017s (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2017] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Series
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Print version: 9780813174624
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