Daddy Told Me To |S3E5|

This is a story from 1980’s Louisville that has one of the most unusual endings we have ever discussed on the show before.

Sources:

Kentucky Vital Statistics

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DD-ZQMN

Murderpedia

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h1/harper-edward-lee.htm

Harper v Commonwealth 1985

https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/1985/694-s-w-2d-665-1.html

cincinnati.com

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/08/13/kentucky-executions/14013595/

Find A Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181664330/alice-lee-harper

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181664301/edward_lee_harper

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20043061/eddie_lee_harper

Courier Journal: 2/20/82, 2/21/82, 2/26/82, 4/4/82, 10/6/82, 10/7/82, 10/8/82, 10/9/82, 10/13/82, 10/14/82, 10/23/82, 11/20/82, 1/31/85, 3/9/85, 5/3/85, 5/7/85, 5/24/85, 5/10/86, 6/18/86, 3/7/87, 4/6/99, 4/24/99, 4/29/99, 5/6/99, 5/19/99, 5/21/99, 5/25/99, 5/26/99

 https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2024/07/26/who-is-on-death-row-in-kentucky/74407511007/

Lexington Herald Leader: 2/22/85, 3/8/85, 3/21/87, 6/29/97, 5/20/99, 5/22/99 

The Paducah Sun: 3/6/87, 4/21/99, 5/26/99, 

Advocate Messenger: 5/24/99 

The State Journal: 5/26/99