Biography: Charley Jacobs
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Construction worker Charley Jacobs is known as honest and hardworking. He found the hidden room while on a break during the Shops and Stores building renovations.
Biography: Kevin Gilmore
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On December 13, 1987, a maintenance worker found Kevin Gilmore's body dumped alongside a road in the southwest corner of the Ole Miss campus.
Biography: Tomas Robards (1987)
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Maintenance worker Tomas Robards was on his way to work an extra shift on Sunday, December 13, 1987, when he found the body of a young man along Hathorn Road.
Biography: Nick Crosby (1987)
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Ole Miss sophomore Nick Crosby is estranged from his family and lives in Oxford year-round. He has been fellow scholarship athlete Kevin Gilmore's roommate for the last two years.
Biography: Carly Brock (1987)
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20-year-old native Oxonian Carly Brock couldn't spend much time with her boyfriend, Kevin Gilmore, due to their busy schedules, so she cherished the times they did have together.
Biography: Judith Gilmore (1987)
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Judith Gilmore, who is estranged from her own parents, doted on her only son, Kevin, and was extremely proud when he earned an athletic scholarship to Ole Miss.
Biography: Donald Gilmore (1987)
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Donald Gilmore has worked hard all his life to make ends meet. He was thrilled when his son Kevin got a scholarship for college because Donald couldn't afford to send him.
Biography: Richie Turner (1987)
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Richie Turner met Kevin Gilmore playing baseball, and the two soon became fast friends. Richie was a year ahead of Kevin in school, and Kevin followed his lead to Ole Miss.
Biography: Jason Finnegan (1987)
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Jason Finnegan played on the Ole Miss basketball team with Kevin Gilmore for two years. They were competing for the starting point guard position and did not get along.
Biography: Carly Brock Turner (2011)
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Carly Brock was Kevin Gilmore's girlfriend at the time of his death. Today, she is a wife and mother of two, and she works as a registered nurse in Oxford.
Biography: Richie Turner (2011)
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Richie Turner was Kevin Gilmore's best friend. After Kevin's death, Richie and Kevin's girlfriend Carly grew closer. Today, Richie has an accounting business in Oxford.
Biography: Judith Gilmore (2011)
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Judith Gilmore struggled to recover from the 1987 death of her son Kevin. After a few dark years, she was able to put herself and her marriage back together.
Biography: Nick Crosby (2011)
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Despite his roommate's 1987 death, Nick Crosby had some writing successes in his final years at Old Miss. Since then, his solid career has been offset by his turbulent personal life.
Biography: Donald Gilmore (2011)
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Donald Gilmore and his wife grew apart in the years after their only son's death in 1987. Eventually, they salvaged their relationship, and now co-own a small business in Oxford.
Biography: LeeAnn Elliot
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LeeAnn Elliot, Judith Gilmore's younger sister, was very close with her nephew Kevin through out his life. She last saw him about a week before his death.
Biography: Jill Ferris*
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*Given what she had to say, the YCSD has agreed not to use this witness's real name or likeness in public documents.
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