Jerry Marcus
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Alabama/Mississippi/Tennessee/Georgia, USA
- Date of birth
- 1951
- Age at first offence
- 20
- Characteristics
- rape, serial rapist, fugitive
- Victim profile
- Dorothy Davis, 26
- Method of murder
- ???
- Date(s) of murder
- 1971 - 1987
- Years active
- 1971–1987
- Date of arrest
- April 17, 1987
- Status
-
Life imprisonment
Sentenced to life in prison on one count in Alabama in 1988
Case record: Jerry Marcus
Background
Jerry Marcus was a drifter and an unemployed construction worker. He was 36 years old when he was arrested. Marcus was arrested in Starkville, Mississippi, on April 17, 1987.
The offence
Dorothy Davis was murdered. Dorothy Davis was 26 years old. Marcus was charged with the day-old murder of Dorothy Davis.
Marcus promptly confessed to the crime, and he also confessed to the slayings of six other women in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. Marcus confessed to seven murders in total.
Marcus confessed that he used charm to make his victims feel safe. He said:
"they didn’t suspect his shy personality was hiding a dangerous soul."
Investigation
Lowndes County Sheriff Louis Harper estimated that Marcus might have claimed fifteen victims in his sixteen years of aimless wandering around the South.
Arrest
Trial
Marcus was sentenced to life in prison on one count in Alabama in 1988.
Outcome
He had already confessed to seven murders.
Aftermath
The bodies were found in shallow graves in the back yard of a house occupied until last year by Richard White. Neighbors of White were stunned.
A neighbor said:
"a normal guy"
The neighbor also said Marcus would:
"ask him to drink a few beers"
The neighbor said Marcus:
"always had a neighborly handshake when I saw him."
The neighbor stated:
"Neighbors are freaking out. How would you like to know the man you said ‘good morning’ to everyday is a killer?"
Marcus’s confession was described as involving transient rape-slayer conduct against women.
Other details
Marcus’s recorded sex was M and recorded race was W. The motive was recorded as sex. The venue was recorded as Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia. The mode of operation was recorded as transient rape-slayer of women.
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