Olympic Crime: Gold Medalist Marksman, Dr. James Snook, Killed Medical Student Theora Hix

Dr. James Snook had accomplished a lot in his life. He not only carved out his presence as a well-respected veterinarian and professor of veterinary science, even creating a tool called the Snook Hook that vets still use today, but he also competed and won two gold medals in the 1920 Olympics as a marksman. Six years after winning gold, and despite the fact that he had a wife and a young baby, he became enamored with a young medical student named Theora Hix. She began working at the veterinary building, Dr. Snook’s place of work, in 1926 to pay for her tuition. The feeling was mutual and they began having an affair only three weeks after meeting each other. They carried on the affair for three years until Dr. Snook ended Theora’s life with a hammer to the head and a knife to her jugular, then he ironically left her body near his favorite rifle range.

Sources:

Drake, Amy. “The Strange Case of Dr. Snook and Theora Hix: A Roaring Twenties Murder.” Medium, Medium, 23 July 2021, medium.com/@draketheatrical/the-strange-case-of-dr-snook-and-theora-hix-a-roaring-twenties-murder-ad1b9e797949. Accessed 31 July 2024.

Patzer, Nancy. “Snook.” Www.shortnorth.com, July 2019, www.shortnorth.com/Snook.html. Accessed 31 July 2024.

“The Trial of Dr. Snook (1929).” The Columbus Dispatch, www.dispatch.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2012/02/27/the-trial-of-dr-snook/543866007/. Accessed 31 July 2024.

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