Jerome Henderson

Murderer

1known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Date of birth: January 29, 1959
Age at first offence: 26
Characteristics: attempted rape
Victim profile: Mary Acoff , 26 (his neighbor)
Method of murder: St abbing with knife
Date(s) of murder: March 3, 1985
Years active: 1985
Date of arrest: —
Status: Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on August 5, 1985; clemency report stated that on 3/3/85 Jerome Henderson murdered his neighbor, 26-year-old Mary Acoff in her Cincinnati apartment

Case Summary

Case record

Jerome Henderson was sentenced to death on August 5, 1985.

The clemency report stated that on 3/3/85 Jerome Henderson murdered his neighbor, 26-year-old Mary Acoff in her Cincinnati apartment.

The offence

Mary Acoff’s 10-year-old daughter found Mary Acoff’s nude body when she returned home. Mary Acoff had fought her attacker and was beaten and repeatedly stabbed before her body was found.

Jerome Henderson broke into Mary Acoff’s apartment and attempted to rape her. He stabbed and beat her multiple times in the head, chest and neck and slashed her throat at least 13 times.

Investigation

DNA testing, conducted during federal appeals in 2003, identified Mary Acoff as the source of blood and Henderson as the source of semen found on Henderson’s coat, which was recovered from his residence three days after the crime. Henderson’s blood-stained shoes matched prints at the scene of the crime.

At the time of the trial, the jury learned that, based on the scientific technology available then, the semen found in Mary Acoff’s body could have come from Henderson or from Mary Acoff’s boyfriend.

Trial

Jerome Henderson was acquitted of rape but convicted of attempted rape and all other counts he was charged with.

Henderson claimed he was innocent and wanted DNA tests when they became available years later. The tests revealed that while the semen inside Mary Acoff’s body could not have come from Henderson, the semen on Henderson’s coat belonged to Henderson and the blood on the coat belonged to Mary Acoff.

Sentencing

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