Tuesday
Jul132004
Case stays closed in 1964 shooting of black woman
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 09:30AM
The son of a black maid fatally shot during race riots 40 years ago got
another rejection in his campaign against three white men originally
accused in the murder but never tried for the killing. State Attorney
Harry Shorstein wrote the son of Johnnie May Chappell that he is
"saddened by this historically tragic loss" but will not reopen the
1964 murder case. [more]