Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta Lowry Beverly
Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta Lowry Beverly The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author's life…
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Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta Lowry Beverly
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author's life and perception of home. But the very best part is that the story is true." --John GrishamIn 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. "Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a suspicious town, a sensational trial with colorful lawyers, and a punishment that didn't fit the crime, and you have the best of southern gothic fiction.
She told authorities a Black man she didn't recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. When Dickins