Murder in McComb : The Tina Andrews Case /

"On August 13, 1969, two men picked up Tina Marie Andrews, a twelve-year-old girl, in downtown McComb, Mississippi, a city with a notorious history of racial violence. The men took Andrews and a friend just outside town to an oil field, where they shot her. Andrews' friend escaped and late...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Trent, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Andrews, Tina, > 1957-1969.
Trials (Murder)
Police corruption.
Murder.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Police corruption > Mississippi > McComb > Case studies.
Poor girls > Mississippi > McComb > Social conditions > Case studies.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > McComb > Case studies.
Murder > Mississippi > McComb > Case studies.
Mississippi > McComb.
McComb (Miss.) > History > 20th century.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the road to the oil field: August 13, 1969, and the killing of Tina Andrews
  • "The Camellia City of America": managing life in McComb, Mississippi
  • "The weirdest angles I've encountered": investigating the murder of Tina Andrews
  • Joe Pigott receives a call: two indictments and initial preparations for a trial
  • The summer of 1971: developments on the eve of the trial
  • The State of Mississippi v. Richard McIntosh: opening salvos
  • "A girl of ill repute": Billie Jo Lambert Testifies
  • The State of Mississippi v. Richard McIntosh: the defense makes its case
  • The State of Mississippi v. Richard McIntosh: the 1972 trial
  • After the trials: the fates of people and the city
  • Searching for Tina Andrews: conversations and rumors, but no smoking guns
  • Conclusion: what happened to Tina Andrews?

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