Talk:Melvin Rees

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Melvin Rees is well-known around my home state of Virginia, and he has his own profile on truTV's "Crime Library" website ([1]) and the History Channel website ([2]). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoutstr295 (talk • contribs)

I'd say s/{{db-g10}}/{{prod}} Pilif12p : Yo 03:20, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This absolutely could not stay unless verified with reliable sources, since it is on an article on a (apparently) living person (and he was alive as of 2004). However, I have sourced the article. Note, Scoutstr295, that further additions to this article must be well sourced or they must be removed.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:24, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fuhghettaboutit, my source is Crime Library, which itself is sourced by numerous books, including one of those you cited. If you can help me better source the article, I would be very grateful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scoutstr295 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The article currently states the following: "On March 21, the bodies of Mildred and five-year-old Susan were discovered in a forest near Fredericksburg, showing signs of torture and pre-mortem sexual assault.[2]" (Citing the book Weird Virginia).

However, the Supreme Court of Virginia's opinion in the case states the following:

"On March 21, 1959, the bodies of Mrs. [Mildred] Jackson and Susan, were found near Gambrills, Maryland. Both Mrs. Jackson and her daughter had been beaten about their heads, which with aspiration of blood caused their deaths. A silk stocking was found knotted around Mrs. Jackson's neck. Marks on her neck indicated that she probably had been strangled by this stocking, although it is possible that she could have been hanged. The clothes on Mrs. Jackson and her daughter were found intact with the exception of Mrs. Jackson's coat which had been pulled over her head. A button from the coat was found in a shack not far from the bodies." (Melvin Davis Rees, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 203 Va. 850, 853, 127 S.E.2d 406, 408 (1962), quoting the Circuit Court's opinion.)

I don't know about you guys, but I consider the Supreme Court of Virginia's opinion in matter, citing the court that tried the defendant, to be of higher credibility than a book written in 2007. If there is no objection, I will change that sentence to reflect the court's opinion in five days. 67.142.130.14 (talk) 17:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

margaret harold[edit]

Hello, Im the granddaughter of margaret harold. i have many newspaper clippings, some clothing she died in and pictures of her. Anyone interested to talk with me , i would more than happy. I have been trying to collect as much info as I can as far speaking with her sisters and family/friends still alive that knew her. it would mean a great deal to our family to have anything about the case. Thanks for your time. achcasta@yahoo.com190.99.57.168 (talk) 22:51, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]