Jerry Shaw was an orderly at Yoknapatawpha Acres.  He was found murdered beside a dumpster behind the nursing home. He had  recently been accused of elderly abuse.

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The Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department is investigating the shooting death of Oxford Eagle managing editor Monica Drum, who was found dead in her office at the newspaper.

Security guard Ernie Parrish heard gunshots around 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 25, 2012, and called 911.

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• Incident Report about the discovery of the body
• Oxford Eagle article on the death
• Biography of Monica Drum

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The Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department is investigating the apparent stabbing death of Elvis Presley expert Jared Plunk. His bloody body was found in a hallway at the Yoknapatawpha County Conference Center early Saturday morning, January 5, 2013.

YCCC Accommodation Manager Yvonne Boyd made the gruesome discovery just after 6:00 a.m. and called 911.

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• Oxford Eagle article on the death
• Biography of victim Jared Plunk
• Incident Report

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Kimberly Pace, a University of Mississippi English professor, was found murdered in her home on Sunday morning, September 24, 2011. 

Dr. Pace was supposed to be going to brunch with her sister and some friends. Instead, they found her body when they came to pick her up.

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Oxford real estate developer Philip Fontaine was found dead in his home in the early morning hours of Saturday, January 14, 2012.

Philip Fontaine's body was in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, and the house was a wreck. There was evidence the victim put up a fight, and it's possible he interrupted a burglary.

Fontaine's young wife Ashley discovered the grisly scene in their kitchen around 1:00 a.m. Both Mrs. Fontaine and her stepson Grant reportedly arrived home minutes before the 911 call was made.

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The Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of Oxford real estate agent Annette Wyatt, who was found dead on the floor of the workroom at the Harte Agency where she worked.

Co-worker Sofia Church came into the office on Sunday, September 16, 2012, and made the gruesome discovery.

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• Incident Report about the discovery of the body
• Oxford Eagle article on the death
• Biography of Annette Wyatt

The bodies of Oxford attorney Robert Pruitt, 38, and an unidentified man were found in Pruitt's home on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Both men had suffered apparent gunshot wounds. Pruitt's wife made the gruesome discovery when she returned from an out-of-town trip.

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A beauty pageant is the scene of a gruesome murder.

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The Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of Ole Miss student Courtney Morris, who was found hanged in her apartment on Sunday afternoon, August 26, 2012.

Courtney's best friend Mee-Yon Kim came by to check on her, and convinced the apartment manager to let her into Courtney's apartment when Courtney didn't respond to knocks on her door.

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The case is organized into categories of Interviews, Evidence, Biographies, and Press. Links to each category are provided on each case page.

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If this is your first look at the investigation, you may want to start with one of these case documents:

• Incident Report about the discovery of the body
• Preliminary evidence inventory
• Oxford Eagle article on the death
• Biography of Courtney Morris

Oxford hair stylist Missy Hammond was found dead in her home.

Oxford hair stylist Missy Hammond was found dead in her home. The victim's father, Jonah Dale, discovered the body when Missy's 7-year-old daughter, Liddie, answered the door. It appears that Liddie spent the night in her mother's bed, sleeping next to her mother's body. Initial observations indicate Missy was strangled and had been dead for some time before her body was found

Detectives found a hidden room with clues that lead to murder.

Police found the body of a young woman in a storage unit. The victim had no identification in her possession. Investigators noted that the woman also had a facial piercing known as a "Monroe." Sources inside the department say the victim's youth and serene appearance led some at the scene to refer to her as "Sleeping Beauty,"

Police found the body of a young woman in a storage unit. The victim had no identification in her possession. Investigators noted that the woman also had a facial piercing known as a "Monroe." Sources inside the department say the victim's youth and serene appearance led some at the scene to refer to her as "Sleeping Beauty,"

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Purity Knight, age 20, was found murdered near her home. She was abducted following a stalking incident. The abductor sent investigators several notes and photographs. A child witness found Knight while she was still alive. She gave him a note to deliver, which was found in a stolen library book.

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