Crime Junkie

MURDERED: Alberta O. Jones

June 15, 2026·56 min·7-min readnarrativetrue crime
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Alberta O. Jones, a pioneering Black female prosecutor and civil rights leader in 1965 Louisville, was brutally murdered under mysterious circumstances after being lured from her home. Her body was found in the Ohio River, her car abandoned with blood and forensic evidence, yet the case has

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People

Alberta O. JonesAshley FlowersBrit PrawatGladys WyckoffArthur Porter IIIAshley FlowersMuhammad AliLee Remington

Books

The book Lee Remington is writingby Lee Remington

Companies

Louisville Metro Police Department

Topics

Civil Rights HistoryCold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismRacial JusticeTrue Crime

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