Lelia Jackson was a murder victim of George Howard Putt, serial killer in Memphis, TN. On August 25, Leila Jackson, an 80-year-old widow, was found strangled in her home, a nylon stocking tied around her neck, genitals mutilated with a butcher knife. The murder happened at 21 N. Somerville, where Putt had earlier asked about renting a room.
Putt confessed in detail to all the killings. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1970 for the Pickens murder, but the sentence was commuted to 99 years when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.
Realizing parole would be possible, the state then in 1973 prosecuted Putt for the Dumas murders. He was convicted and sentenced to 199 years in prison for each murder.
Judge William H. Williams ordered the sentences to be served consecutively for a total of 497 years. Officially Putt's sentence expires March 1, 2437.
Putt died Oct. 26, 2015 of natural causes at the Lois DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville. He was 69. It was unclear why officials with the state Department of Corrections didn’t release the information at the time of Putt’s death. After no one came forward to claim Putt’s body, he was given a state burial.
Putt confessed in detail to all the killings. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1970 for the Pickens murder, but the sentence was commuted to 99 years when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.
Realizing parole would be possible, the state then in 1973 prosecuted Putt for the Dumas murders. He was convicted and sentenced to 199 years in prison for each murder.
Judge William H. Williams ordered the sentences to be served consecutively for a total of 497 years. Officially Putt's sentence expires March 1, 2437.
Putt died Oct. 26, 2015 of natural causes at the Lois DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville. He was 69. It was unclear why officials with the state Department of Corrections didn’t release the information at the time of Putt’s death. After no one came forward to claim Putt’s body, he was given a state burial.
Lelia Jackson was a murder victim of George Howard Putt, serial killer in Memphis, TN. On August 25, Leila Jackson, an 80-year-old widow, was found strangled in her home, a nylon stocking tied around her neck, genitals mutilated with a butcher knife. The murder happened at 21 N. Somerville, where Putt had earlier asked about renting a room.
Putt confessed in detail to all the killings. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1970 for the Pickens murder, but the sentence was commuted to 99 years when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.
Realizing parole would be possible, the state then in 1973 prosecuted Putt for the Dumas murders. He was convicted and sentenced to 199 years in prison for each murder.
Judge William H. Williams ordered the sentences to be served consecutively for a total of 497 years. Officially Putt's sentence expires March 1, 2437.
Putt died Oct. 26, 2015 of natural causes at the Lois DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville. He was 69. It was unclear why officials with the state Department of Corrections didn’t release the information at the time of Putt’s death. After no one came forward to claim Putt’s body, he was given a state burial.
Putt confessed in detail to all the killings. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1970 for the Pickens murder, but the sentence was commuted to 99 years when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.
Realizing parole would be possible, the state then in 1973 prosecuted Putt for the Dumas murders. He was convicted and sentenced to 199 years in prison for each murder.
Judge William H. Williams ordered the sentences to be served consecutively for a total of 497 years. Officially Putt's sentence expires March 1, 2437.
Putt died Oct. 26, 2015 of natural causes at the Lois DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville. He was 69. It was unclear why officials with the state Department of Corrections didn’t release the information at the time of Putt’s death. After no one came forward to claim Putt’s body, he was given a state burial.
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