A lynch mob nearly caught Hamilton at the local jail in Springfield, which he had been transported from a few hours earlier. She was released in 1888, but sentenced to two years in jail in 1890 for stealing two pieces of soap and two umbrellas. The He was so in shock and didnt know what state he was in. The hearing was continued until March 27. The evidence of the murder has been a bit odd. some changes in his life. [8], The trial date for Sandy Parsons was set for April 6, 2020, and his attorney requested a change of venue. Cream. On Friday, October 12, 1906, a murder occurred just outside Houston which would become part of Houston's history and a piece of local folklore. Cream had written many accusatory letters and all of those accused turned out to be completely innocent after investigated. The murder was committed by Jodie (Jody or Joda HAMILTON). odd. Hamilton faced a mandatory death sentence. in dirt and hay. He had a temper mean as a double-geared saw engine and didn't think twice about filling his cattle full of buckshot when a dark mood came upon him, which was often. is noted that Will started to self-harm do to his diabetes, due to him not She was sentenced to life without parole. When Jodie entered the house, Mr. Thompson asked him if he had heard about the bodies of the two children found in the Big Piney. Satisfied of Hamilton's absence, they returned to Houston. Re: Lad Executed for 5 Murders - Genealogy.com He knew the road and chose an overland short cut and caught up with the Parsons about noon. Hamilton then used his shotgun on him, hitting Carney in the leg. Prosecutors said multiple eyewitnesses identified 32-year-old Samuel Parsons-Salas as the person responsible for the deadly shooting spree outside Vera Lounge early Sunday. weapon. from the beginning. Leading in triumph thro' death and This may or may [14][11] Casey Parsons described Erica and Goodman meeting at a McDonald's in Mooresville, North Carolina, in September 2011, followed by several further visits. Cantrell telephoned ahead to a general store along the route to Cabool and asked if Hamilton could be detained until he could arrive. Meanwhile another officer took Hamilton, who was handcuffed and shackled, in a closed carriage to the depot, arriving five minutes after Sheriff Wood. Samuel Parsons . Many of these people had camped Thursday night about the town. Jodie Hamilton worked as a share cropper and lived Carney Parsons and his wife, Minnie (Strange) Parsons and their three children were murdered in 1906 by Jody Hamilton. Mrs. Parsons was killed with a pole axe. James Hamilton petitioned Governor Joseph W. Folk to stay the execution, claiming he was insane. Man found guilty of killing family in arson fire - Auburn Citizen It is suspected that Hamilton's anger was due to his head injuries. Parsons, a sharecropper of whom Jodie was employed, offered to trade Hamilton twenty-five dollars cash and a single-barreled shotgun for a saddle. April 20, 1999: Columbine High School Shooting. He hesitated before killing the youngest child, but then killed him as well. Cream was born in Glasgow and raised in Quebec City, Canada. September 25, 2021. His mother died when he was 5 years old. James Hamilton took his son's remains and buried him in the Allen Cemetery, next to his dead mother.[2]. She was found in a small bedroom, weak from the hunger and cold. In modern times some may find it almost surreal that a tragedy so horrible had elements of commercialism and mercenary motivation so unabashedly demonstrated. The county deaths index covers years 1853-1970. Afterwards, Hamilton made a lengthy statement telling young people to trust in God and treat their parents with respect. on high; [2], An angry crowd gathered outside the jail, and Hamilton became terrified of being lynched. Daddy, it was a blank stare." The author of the article does not give the background of the Miller County Parsons family as I did above, but does give a fairly complete and detailed account of the facts related to the murder itself and the trial later of the mentally retarded murderer, Jodie Hamilton: HANGED BY THE NECK UNTIL DEAD DEAD DEAD cows. Then with Parsons' own knife, he cut their throats. He and Parsons had words. ", When Jodie finished, the crowd was silent. He chatted amiably with the family for a while before they left for a revival with Jodie, Mae and Mae's deaf and dumb brother all together. He told how his own mother had died while he was still a boy and said a disagreement with his step-mother caused him to leave Kansas. Something tells me not to." believe they couldve stopped him. Memorials may be made to the Parsons Memorial Fund, Wesley United Methodist at 825 N. Belair Road, Evans, Ga. 30809. Cantrell handcuffed Hamilton securely and then brought him back to Houston and put him in jail. had made many comments about his murder plot to his classmates and friends. "James B. H. "Jody" Hamilton (1885-1906) - Find a", "President's Page - Miller County Museum & Historical Society", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_%22Jody%22_Hamilton&oldid=1148070324, This page was last edited on 3 April 2023, at 22:13. Try to be faithful and meet God in peace, and hope to meet in the better world. Others can be reviewed at these websites: Seven Killed at Curtman Island by Crabtree, Five Killings in Iberia which were Civil War related. Making the excuse he had to go to Licking on business, Jodie hastily departed from their home and went about three-quarters of a mile toward Licking. Police He then loaded the bodies into the wagon and hid them in a river, before fleeing with one of the Parson family's mules. It is the fourth dog to be attacked and the third to die in the past. [2], Hamilton's attorney claimed that his client had acted under temporary insanity. They were covered Casey Parsons's sister, Robin Ashley, testified that Casey beat Erica, often making her stand in the corner. Will started to He also said that he heard of the attack from a reporter. Another dog found dead in Kansas town where puppy beheaded | The Kansas On October 12, 1906, he murdered five members of the same family, including three young children, during an argument over a horse saddle. In Cold Blood: The Brutal 1959 Murder of the Walker Family. It is the worst mass-shooting in Chesterfield in more than Hamilton eventually returned to Missouri by himself, where he started working for Carnell "Carney" Parsons, a sharecropper. Then he asked if Christopher Proco, their youngest son, had done it. Steven C. Drielak's "Long Island's Vanished Heiress: The Unsolved Alice Parsons Kidnapping" lays out the sordid tale of a cold wife, a passionate mistress, and the weak-willed man torn . Jodie Hamilton came before the circuit Court judge and entered a plea of guilty to murder Monday morning, November 12th. Before his manslaughter, he killed kittens. She was an excellent teacher. Sandy Parsons said that the body was discarded on December 19, 2011, and that it could be found off Taylor Chapel Road in Pageland, South Carolina, near the home of his mother. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. Mevrouw, Leentje is van dr zelven gevallen. (original sentence in Dutch) Other prisoners stated that it was Day that wanted Richard for sex and juvenile detention centers. Trouble grew up between Parsons and Hamilton. David Brown said Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, of Chicago, was arrested on Monday and charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and a count of kidnapping. [37] According to the autopsy, Erica had many fractures in various stages of healing. on the farm was Jacob Wolfs youngest daughter, Emma Wolf (9 months old). The Ku Klux Klan, as most people know, arose in the aftermath of the Civil War, ostensibly as a law-and-order organization, but it ended up As I mentioned recently on this blog, many resorts sprang up in the Ozarks during the medicinal water craze that swept across the rest of th Jodie Hamilton and the Parsons Family Murders, Ernest Reid; Amanda Gertrue "Gertie" Reid; Carthage, Millie Plum; Willie Wilson; Carl Junction, Missouri; George W. Deitzler; Samuel D. Sturgis. He was found innocent for the murder of Richard Loeb. Wills parents had no the head with a gun barrel and then cut their throats. After her second husband died, she struggled as nobody wanted to help her and so she ended up in a citys house of the poor. "I had no intention of killing him," Jodie said. Jodie . Investigators conducted several interviews with Sandy Parsons in accordance with the warrant. I am currently writing a book about the murder of the family of Carney PARSONS. As part of the show, Sandy Parsons took a polygraph, and was considered "strongly deceptive" by the former FBI agent who administered the test. On September 20, an Order for Custody of a Federal Inmate was issued by a judge, allowing an Escort Team to take custody of Sandy Parsons and bring him from the Butner prison to Pageland so that he could "show the location of Erica Parsons' clandestine grave". Sandy Parsons described the treatment Erica received, and the disposal of her body. Ashley testified that she saw bruises and marks on Erica, and that Casey relinquished the child to Ashley's custody for several months so that Casey "wouldn't kill her". She died in 1926, being 79 years old. murdered the Parsons family. [2], On October 12, 1906, Carney asked Hamilton if he was willing to trade the saddle he stole for $25 and a single-barreled shotgun. On October 12, 1906, Jodie Hamilton (aged 21), murdered the Parsons family. The most accurate and complete account of the mass murder is found in one of the Bittersweet publications. Christina, who hadnt murdered but only stolen, was sentenced to 12 years to a house of correction. [2], Hamilton was known to have feared and respected his father. He was strict with his children, refusing to let them drink or square dance. The judge pronounced the sentence, "Jodie Hamilton, I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead, and may God have mercy on your soul.". Also, they did not worry about his mental health at all and reported Although one of the more humorous explanations for his last words were from one of Creams biographers. President's Page - Miller County Museum & Historical Society I can translate the emergency call conversation for you, if needed. Cantrell said, "Jodie, don't move now, it's all over." Sears and Bowers plead guilty to murder - The Augusta Chronicle An old midwife, standing outside the stockade, yelled to Jodie, "That one's for the baby!" And here are photos of the stuffed animal toy display now on exhibit in the upper level of our new addition to the museum (photos 06, 07 and 08): Another photo is of Louise when she was a young girl (photo 09). Laurie Tonkovic recalled a specific incident with Jacob Stockdale, the son suspected of murdering his brother and mother before attempting to kill himself last week. surroundings. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder 1998) killed his Spanish teacher, Ann [34][35] Before the discovery, detectives recovered items in the search of a shed on property belonging to Sandy, including: a video tape, a hammer, teeth, and school records. Lastly, he killed the baby, Mary Lou; it is thought that she was bludgeoned to death. The people wondered whether that rope, tested by four men, had been tampered with. Samuel Parsons-Salas Chicago police Two months later, at More than a month into a search for the person who beheaded a Kansas police officer's puppy, another dog has been found dead. On July 4, 1987, The Kunz Family Was Murdered At Their Wisconsin Farm. At Chris university, hed tell everyone of his rich family. Brook disputed the claim in her own interviews with police, saying she never rode to Asheville to take Erica to live there. Jodie declined, saying he was in a hurry, but he finally was persuaded to come inside for just a minute. Parsons pressured the young man, saying he knew damn well it was stolen and it wouldn't sit well with Sheriff Wood to know who stole it. Amy Parsons: family of Australian woman murdered in London to appeal Goedvolk distracted the rich widow, while Jut killed Leentje Beeloo. The warrant states that in August, Sandy Parsons acknowledged to Rowan County Sheriff's investigator Chad Moose that Erica was dead. Folks admired Jodie's nerve those last few days. The trap was sprung once more at 11:04 AM. The sheriff had 20 armed deputies guard the jail in order to deter the mob. Two years before, 2002, the couple had suffered a break in where two laptops were stolen. Miller was able to take custody of her child at birth after getting law enforcement involved. [26], On March 27, 2015, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder sentenced Casey Parsons to 10 years and her husband to 8 years for fraud. She was also reportedly forced to eat canned dog food. They searched his pockets and found Parsons' spectacles, razor and twenty-two dollars. Hamilton was hustled unseen onto a day coach to Carthage in Jasper County, Missouri. PARSONS family murdered in Texas Co, MO, Oct 1906 By Rick J. Gunter May 15, 2009 at 11:41:35. This page is not available in other languages. Erica Lynn Parsons (February 24, 1998 c. December 17, 2011) was a 13-year-old girl from Salisbury, North Carolina, who disappeared mysteriously in 2011. They also continued to claim Erica on their taxes. With those words, the trap was sprung. 2011, at 12 oclock Tristan went to a mall close to Amsterdam. spelled as Carrie or Barney) over a saddle which Hamilton had found on a wandering horse and had not attempted to return to its rightful owner. He seemed cheerful upon awaking, shaved, dressed in his best clothes and ate a hearty breakfast. Tristan was tough, Day already had a bad reputation in prison for wanting sex with other [31] Six months later, the total reward increased to $50,000. shots. He brought with him two special bottles of Guinness. Will, at the time of the until 1934 when he got transferred to the Statesville Correctional Facility. Also he had referred to one of the deaths, which had been diagnosed as from a natural cause, as a murder. Jodie took that mule and hitched it up with the other one to Parsons' wagon and started to drive down to the river. While some have finally been solved, some are still as much of a mystery as they were the day they happened. The Parsons had only been in Texas County two or three years at the time Jodie went to work on their farm. He died 5 years after his sentencing. His opinion held that the kick had in no way affected Hamilton's brain. She was badly injured but did not die. shooting, Tristan had been in 2 other incidents involving an air-riffle, at the The Shocking True Story Laurie swapped with Kathryn. When he awoke the next morning, his parents had left early, which was unusual, and Erica was gone. Murder of Erica Parsons - Wikipedia Terrified of mob violence, Jodie raved in his cell like a madman. Then Parsons' wife Minnie grew pregnant and wanted to return to her home. needs anymore since his budget was brought back. He once beat a man so badly in a fight that it took the man three days to recover. Carney to death. Carnies wife, Minnie Strange Parsons, was a first cousin to Raymonds grandfather, Fred Hader. But he got stalled and couldn't get the horse to pull. Man Charged With Killing 3 Outside Portage Park Bar Had Just Been Under Missouri law at the time, nobody who confessed could be executed without a trial, and the judge was reluctant to take full responsibility for sparing the life of a mass murderer. Although his death was attributed to natural causes, for some reason Dr. The crowd started singing "Jesus, Lover of My Soul". Mother of two sons accused of killing Tennessee student Holly Bobo kept passing him around to one another. I stuck to the truth all the way through. She taught me when I was in the eighth grade at Tuscumbia and she taught my wife Judy (Steen) eighth grade when she was eighth grade teacher at the School of the Osage. A Dutch man known for his double murder and the medias sensation. different teacher blocked the door to keep Will out. [23] At a sentencing hearing in federal court on February 18, 2015, Jamie Parsons and Robin Ashley testified about abuse Erica received at the hands of the Parsons family. Parsons in the leg. James Day, born in Virginia, had an troubled childhood Sad the regret, we have never learned how. ", The sheriff of Shannon County beckoned to Jodie to take his position on the trap door. When he was 12, a tree fell on him and almost broke his neck. the murder and has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years on the 3th Hamilton continued to pursue them. Jodie rifled Parsons' pockets, taking a razor, spectacles, twenty-five dollars and a gold watch. She was standing in a corner, which was a common punishment Erica endured. Casey told Dr. Phil McGraw on his show that she has since lost the phone number she used. Here is a photo of Louise taken many years ago on her farm near Ulman (photo 05). Jodie had slept soundly that night. At a quarter after ten, the gate of the enclosure was opened. PUBLISHED: January 30, 2022 at 1:13 p.m. | UPDATED: January 31, 2022 at 3:53 a.m. A 34-year-old man was arrested after police suspect he killed his son and his wife inside their Antioch apartment . To this day, its unsure what actually happened that stolen church suit. [6], On February 19, 2018, a grand jury indicted Sandy and Casey Parsons in the case. [1][15], A number of witnesses testified at the Parsons' trial that Erica was routinely abused by the Parsons family, in particular by her adoptive mom, Casey. Maam, Leentje has fallen (Sentence translated to English) On the evening of July 4, 1987, Christopher Jacobs III is said to have stopped by the Kunz family farm near Wausau, WI, to buy a car from Randy Kunz. Jody Hamilton worked as a share cropper with the Parsons and lived with them. Casey Parsons pleaded guilty to first degree murder on August 2, 2019, in Rowan County Superior Court. In 1974, Bugliosi published Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, the first major work examining the Manson Family and the best-selling true crime book of all time. In Springfield they took Hamilton off the railway car away from the platform, so that he wouldn't be seen. he was only 5 years old. The year-old infant lay crying in the wagon. In February 2012, shortly before Erica's 14th birthday, Casey Parsons says, she talked with Erica by telephone for the last time, as further calls reached a disconnected number. This was when the photograph above was snapped. He calmed ascended the scaffold and stood between two preachers. Cream had supplied him with a remedy for epilepsy. In August of 1879 a woman named Kate Gardener was found dead in an alleyway. [40], As of February 2019, defense attorneys agreed to separate trials. Goedvolk had lost 2 children already from unmarried relationships at age 23. He began to talk freely to by-standers to attract attention. In previous court appearances, prosecutors said Sears had an affair with Parson's husband and orchestrated the murder to eliminate her romantic rival. STRANGE, along with their 3 children were murdered in Texas Co., MO on Oct. 12, 1906. During his trial, he claimed that he had killed his family in self-defense because he had heard their voices plotting to kill him. But the story doesnt end there In December 1975, the Lutz family purchased the house where the murders had taken place, and over the course of 28 days, they claimed they were plagued and terrorized by paranormal phenomena before fleeing the property. learned how to have not noted anything out of the usual. When he was alone, Jodie borrowed a horse. Some people suspected that the rope had been tampered with. Later, doctors said that Joans claim couldnt have been used since she suffered trauma at that moment. Afterward, Carney continued down the road. The other body belonged to Jacob Jim was strict with his kids, refusing to let them go drinking and square-dancing. Dr. An Amazon Best Book of April 2023: David Grann, author of the best sellerand Amazon Best Book of the Year Killers of the Flower Moon, unfurls a story of mayhem and murder, adventure, and reckless ambition on the high seas.Drawing on "archival debris: the washed-out logbooks, the moldering correspondence, the half-truthful journals, the surviving records from the troubling court-martial . Investigators worked with Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook to obtain a release for Sandy Parsons to leave his prison campus so that he could lead investigators to Erica's remains. Cantrell and the deputy rode up shortly afterward and burst into the room, their guns pointed at the young man. In a few minutes Sheriff Aaron Wood came out, looking like a ghost of himself. Jodie knew Mae Thompson before his family left for Kansas. . "She didn't look too good she looked like a zombie", he said. Now my life is taken away, but I hope and pray to meet God in peace and hope to meet father, mother, brothers, sisters and friends, I say friends, because I hope everybody here is my friend. [6] The Rowan County Sheriff received the report January 9, 2018, and began the process of determining criminal charges. JoAnna M. Cottle, 39; Kaelyn M. Parson, 13; Kinsey M. Cottle, 4; and Jayson L. Cottle, 4, died, police said. They were originally from near Bagnell, Missouri. Louise and Jesse Nixdorf lived with their mother, Josie, in the home of their birthplace all their lives. He took her, threw an old blanket from the wagon over her head, and beat her to death with a double-bit ax. Jodie Hamilton's soul plunged into eternity. said that he had been stuck in a red mist and wasnt conscious of his This was a ploy of the sheriff to convince people that Hamilton had been taken to Greenfield, in Dade County, and a story to that effect ran in the Springfield Leader. When Goodman picked her up, a woman who goes by the nickname "Strawberry" was also there and showed them a stash of clothing with tags in the back of their van. Laverne "Kay" Parsons Murder: Where is Rebecca Sears Now? The first and most popular photo sold was that of the Parsons family laid out on a bed, presumably at their home near Houston. [2], As he thought about the trade, Hamilton became increasingly angry, believing he had been cheated. Only a word from that Book so dear. Its still not clear why he would do it. The children were crying. He returned to the wagon, saddled up Parsons mule again, and returned the borrowed horse. Miss Ann later died in Minnie B. With the shot the gun broke into three pieces. Be with this one, kind Heavenly Father, if in harmony with thy Divine will; be with him, O God, in death, that he may receive eternal life after natural death. Now, investigators are turning once again to DNA evidence to try to identify the person or people who did it, report CBS Chicago's Dave Savini, Samah Assad and Rebecca McCann. [2][25] Judge Schroeder called Casey a "serial swindler". The case remained unsolved for decades, until the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office took another crack at the Walker family murders case. [42] Sandy Parsons pleaded guilty to "second-degree murder, child abuse, concealment of death and obstruction" on December 17, 2019, and was sentenced to at least 33 years, to be served after his federal sentence. Members of Janee Parsons' family had left the public gallery as the recording that captured the mother of two's "last moments" was played in court. First at the Illinois State Reformatory, In the same month his second daughter had died, Jut had spoken too much to a man named Jan Roelfs, whom asked how Jut had become so rich. The Parsons claimed that they also took their other daughter, Brook, along with them, to take Erica to Asheville. The police interviews were flawed, they did not describe or take note of Chris behavior. Carolyn Parsons had occasional visits with Erica and last saw her in January 2011. The crowd began singing "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and Jodie joined in, which caused a wave of sympathy for him in the people. Which is where he met Richard Loeb. And Jodie replied, "No, sir, I never thought anything about it. There has been a lot of discussion in the Netherlands about the fact In Missouri the death sentence cannot be passed on a man who confesses without trial. "Mama went on her recliner with the computer. A terrifying and absolutely nightmarish serial killer, Naso took pride in his gruesome work and kept a diary wherein he detailed the murders and other crimes he had committed. On July 30, 2013, Erica's brother Jamie reported to police she was missing and that he had not seen her since November 2011, stating their parents "killed Erica and buried her in our back yard", but later retracted this. The people were angry, not only at the double murderer but also at the police. According to Hamilton, Carney started to tell lies about him to Mae Thompson. investigate the Wolfs family farm. Hamilton refused. Seems that Jodie, probably because of that mule-kick in the head, had these spells of uncontrollable violence when he didn't know what he was doing, and at these times, his anger knew no bounds. Minnie tried to wrest the barrel from Hamilton, who struck her with it. It allegedly shows a ghost of a little boy peering out from behind the door; many believe it to be the ghost of 9-year-old John Matthew DeFeo. killing, was 15 years old. A few had even come from out of state to witness the first, and the last, legal hanging ever to take place in Texas County. The attorney for the defense called but a single witness to the stand, Jodie's brother, who was questioned about the kick Jodie had suffered from a mule when he was a boy. first attempt failed and the knot of his rope unraveled. The bodies of two little boys, Jesse and Edward Parsons, were pulled onto the west bank. Jodie Hamilton and the Parsons Family Murders Part 2: We introduced you to the end (almost) of this dark tale, with Jodie Hamilton telling his cautionary tale on the gallows. The North Carolina Office of the Medical Examiner reported that Erica died of "homicidal violence of undetermined means".