Murder of Alberta O. Jones

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Murder of Alberta O. Jones has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Crime Junkie. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Flowers questions whether the wig Jones supposedly went to collect ever existed, since a pinned wig should not have been lost.
“It more than likely means that the wig was secured on with pins. So why wasn't the wig on her head when she was found?”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Alberta O. Jones (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 52:21
Flowers reports that Jones's family, including her sister Flora, has long suspected Gladys Wyckoff was involved in luring her out.
“I can tell you that Alberta's family always suspected that. Her sister Flora still suspects that”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Alberta O. Jones (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 49:58
Flowers rejects the robbery theory and believes Jones was deliberately lured out and set up.
“I don't think Alberta just randomly encountered her killer. Like, I actually think that she was set up from the beginning”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Alberta O. Jones (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 49:25
Flowers reports that the Kentucky Commonwealth attorney declined to prosecute Arthur Porter III because the case would not hold up.
“the state would not prosecute Arthur then or ever because the case wouldn't hold up in court”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Alberta O. Jones (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 46:29

MURDERED: Alberta O. Jones
Crime Junkie · Jun 15, 2026 · 56 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the unsolved 1965 murder of Alberta O. Jones, Louisville's first Black woman prosecutor and a civil rights leader.