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July 1, 2024 117 mins

December 5, 1978 a small Kentucky community was horrified by the brutal slaying of a 7 year-old girl and the attempted murder of her mother. Many were shocked that a 15 year-old neighbor was the primary suspect. The quest for justice was complicated and made local, national and international news.

Special thanks to Jordan Allen and the Bellwethers for the out-going song "Rollin in the Dough"

https://www.jordanallenandthebellwethers.com/about

https://youtu.be/NijM51bi2RY?si=bMcJcRV91Xe_rHDw

Sources:

Park City Daily News: 12/6/78, 4/20/81, 

The Jessamine Journal: 7/16/80

Advocate Messenger: 4/25/83, 5/27/84, 2/26/86, 6/6/96

The Winchester Sun: 12/6/78, 12/7/78, 9/25/80, 10/11/80, 9/9/81, 9/22/83, 2/8/85, 6/15/85, 4/1/96

Lexington Herald Leader: 12/7/78, 12/8/78, 9/19/80, 9/20/80, 9/21/80, 9/23/80, 9/24/80, 9/25/80, 10/10/80,  10/11/80, 10/20/80, 11/29/80, 9/9/81, 9/26/81, 10/5/81, 11/13/81, 6/20/82, 7/4/82, 8/31/82, 6/29/83, 9/22/83, 9/28/83, 10/7/83, 10/8/83, 10/11/83, 11/23/83, 5/11/84, 10/2/84, 10/4/84, 2/23/85, 5/11/85, 6/15/85, 7/3/85, 7/13/85, 7/27/85, 10/29/85, 11/28/85, 2/2/86, 2/8/86, 2/20/86, 2/21/86, 2/22/86, 2/23/86, 2/24/86, 2/25/86, 3/15/86, 3/22/86, 4/4/86, 5/16/86, 7/13/86, 9/17/86, 2/1/87, 12/10/87, 1/22/88, 6/5/88, 11/14/93, 12/15/93, 12/16/93, 12/18/93, 12/22/93, 3/12/94, 3/14/94, 3/15/94, 3/17/94, 3/18/94, 3/19/94, 11/21/94, 11/22/94, 12/7/94, 3/27/96, 3/28/96, 4/16/96, 6/3/96, 10/5/96, 10/26/10, 

Lexington Herald: 4/21/80, 4/24/80, 10/3/81, 10/4/81, 1/20/82, 5/24/82, 5/25/82, 2/17/84, 4/5/84, 2/1//86, 2/12/86, 2/13/86, 2/14/86, 2/18/86, 2/21/86, 

Courier Journal 4/12/80, 9/18/80, 9/21/80, 9/24/80, 10/10/80, 10/15/80, 11/30/80, 2/5/81, 5/19/82, 6/10/83, 9/22/83, 9/23/83, 9/24/83, 10/9/83, 12/7/83, 12/17/83, 5/7/84, 7/26/84, 10/3/84, 11/14/84, 3/9/85, 4/13/85, 4/28/85, 5/11/85, 6/4/85, 2/9/86, 2/18/86, 2/19/86, 2/20/86, 2/22/86, 2/23/86, 2/25/86, 2/26/86, 2/27/86, 3/7/86, 3/12/86, 3/22/86, 3/28/86, 4/4/86, 10/25/86, 6/28/87, 11/14/93, 12/15/93, 12/16/93, 12/18/93, 12/22/93, 12/31/93, 2/10/94, 3/11/94, 3/12/94, 3/15/94, 3/16/94, 3/17/94, 3/18/94, 3/19/94, 3/20/94, 11/22/94, 12/7/94, 12/9/94, 2/1/95, 3/18/95, 3/26/95, 3/27/96, 3/28/96, 10/4/96, 10/5/96, 10/7/96, 1/25/97, 9/5/97, 11/9/03, 10/25/10

The State Journal: 9/17/80, 5/12/85

The Star Press: 3/20/07, 10/23/10

The Paducah Sun: 10/12/80, 

Messenger Inquirer: 10/19/80, 6/10/83, 2/21/86, 

Ice V Commonwealth 1984

Find A Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60817774/todd-e-ice

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5375617/donna-chamaine-knox

The Killing Jar podcast

http://acadmedia.wku.edu/library/kylive/killingjar.mp3

The Killing Jar- Based on a True Story

Gloria Nixon-John and Robert Skip Noelker Ph.D

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9780982697146&i=stripbooks&linkCode=qs

Death Penalty News

https://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2010/10/todd-ice-once-youngest-person-on-death.html

60 Minutes interview with Todd Ice

https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C2860961#/embed/object




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