Jackie R. Burden: victim of a KKK/Skinhead hate crime. Jackie was a woman that liked to have fun and live her life.
Unfortunately, her life was was cut short. On December 7, 1995, she and a male companion, Michael James, were walking downtown Fayetteville near Campbell Avenue, when three members of the Nazi spinoff hate group "Skinheads"-who were members of the military troops at Fort Bragg being initiated, attacked them. In the hopes of getting a spiderweb tatoo on the elbow to show killing a black person, James Joseph Burmeister II, then 20 years old, saw Michael and Jackie walking on Hall Street off Campbell Avenue. Burmeister and fellow accomplice, Pvt. Malcom Wright were dropped off by Spec. Randy Lee Meadows (who waited nearby) and approached Michael and Jackie. Six shots were fired: one grazed Michael's forehead, and the other on the leftside of his head, killing him instantly (although he was pronounced dead at 4:43 a.m. at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center). Jackie tried to run and got 10 feet before a bullet struck her in the back and then Burmeister fatally killed her, shooting her three more times: once on each side of her head, and once on the top of her head. As a result, Jackie died at the scene at 12:10 p.m.
Burmeister and Wright both got two life sentences without parole, and Meadows plead guilty to conspiracy and testified against them. On March 21, 2007, James Burmeister died in a Missouri prison hospital at about 9 a.m. central time.
News of the murders not only received local, but national attention, in all of the states, and maybe worldwide.
Unfortunately, her life was was cut short. On December 7, 1995, she and a male companion, Michael James, were walking downtown Fayetteville near Campbell Avenue, when three members of the Nazi spinoff hate group "Skinheads"-who were members of the military troops at Fort Bragg being initiated, attacked them. In the hopes of getting a spiderweb tatoo on the elbow to show killing a black person, James Joseph Burmeister II, then 20 years old, saw Michael and Jackie walking on Hall Street off Campbell Avenue. Burmeister and fellow accomplice, Pvt. Malcom Wright were dropped off by Spec. Randy Lee Meadows (who waited nearby) and approached Michael and Jackie. Six shots were fired: one grazed Michael's forehead, and the other on the leftside of his head, killing him instantly (although he was pronounced dead at 4:43 a.m. at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center). Jackie tried to run and got 10 feet before a bullet struck her in the back and then Burmeister fatally killed her, shooting her three more times: once on each side of her head, and once on the top of her head. As a result, Jackie died at the scene at 12:10 p.m.
Burmeister and Wright both got two life sentences without parole, and Meadows plead guilty to conspiracy and testified against them. On March 21, 2007, James Burmeister died in a Missouri prison hospital at about 9 a.m. central time.
News of the murders not only received local, but national attention, in all of the states, and maybe worldwide.
Jackie R. Burden: victim of a KKK/Skinhead hate crime. Jackie was a woman that liked to have fun and live her life.
Unfortunately, her life was was cut short. On December 7, 1995, she and a male companion, Michael James, were walking downtown Fayetteville near Campbell Avenue, when three members of the Nazi spinoff hate group "Skinheads"-who were members of the military troops at Fort Bragg being initiated, attacked them. In the hopes of getting a spiderweb tatoo on the elbow to show killing a black person, James Joseph Burmeister II, then 20 years old, saw Michael and Jackie walking on Hall Street off Campbell Avenue. Burmeister and fellow accomplice, Pvt. Malcom Wright were dropped off by Spec. Randy Lee Meadows (who waited nearby) and approached Michael and Jackie. Six shots were fired: one grazed Michael's forehead, and the other on the leftside of his head, killing him instantly (although he was pronounced dead at 4:43 a.m. at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center). Jackie tried to run and got 10 feet before a bullet struck her in the back and then Burmeister fatally killed her, shooting her three more times: once on each side of her head, and once on the top of her head. As a result, Jackie died at the scene at 12:10 p.m.
Burmeister and Wright both got two life sentences without parole, and Meadows plead guilty to conspiracy and testified against them. On March 21, 2007, James Burmeister died in a Missouri prison hospital at about 9 a.m. central time.
News of the murders not only received local, but national attention, in all of the states, and maybe worldwide.
Unfortunately, her life was was cut short. On December 7, 1995, she and a male companion, Michael James, were walking downtown Fayetteville near Campbell Avenue, when three members of the Nazi spinoff hate group "Skinheads"-who were members of the military troops at Fort Bragg being initiated, attacked them. In the hopes of getting a spiderweb tatoo on the elbow to show killing a black person, James Joseph Burmeister II, then 20 years old, saw Michael and Jackie walking on Hall Street off Campbell Avenue. Burmeister and fellow accomplice, Pvt. Malcom Wright were dropped off by Spec. Randy Lee Meadows (who waited nearby) and approached Michael and Jackie. Six shots were fired: one grazed Michael's forehead, and the other on the leftside of his head, killing him instantly (although he was pronounced dead at 4:43 a.m. at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center). Jackie tried to run and got 10 feet before a bullet struck her in the back and then Burmeister fatally killed her, shooting her three more times: once on each side of her head, and once on the top of her head. As a result, Jackie died at the scene at 12:10 p.m.
Burmeister and Wright both got two life sentences without parole, and Meadows plead guilty to conspiracy and testified against them. On March 21, 2007, James Burmeister died in a Missouri prison hospital at about 9 a.m. central time.
News of the murders not only received local, but national attention, in all of the states, and maybe worldwide.
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