[Lux1969]

At 4 a.m. July 21, 1964, a seemingly routine call came into New Orleans police. Juan Valdes, a tenant at the Patios Apartments on St. Charles Avenue, could smell smoke. Officers arrived at the scene to find a blaze in Apartment J, at the back of the building.

Firefighters hauled out a burning mattress, and found the body of Dr. Mary Sherman lying face up on the floor. She was severely burned on her right side. Her liver, intestines and charred lung were exposed. And her right arm and right torso were gone.
Blood spatter on the walls, floor and chest indicated she had been stabbed there in her apartment. She was sliced through the heart and several times in the abdomen and on her left arm, possible self-defense wounds.

Aside from the bed, there was minimal fire damage to the room. The curtains and furniture were unaffected. A look at the door locks uncovered no conclusive evidence of a break-in. Sherman's white purse, her jewelry, and even prescription drugs were all still there.

The coroner ruled that a stab wound in the heart had killed Sherman.

Though the murder occurred 50 years ago Monday, it remains unsolved. Theorists and crime writers have alleged a government cover-up as well as connections to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which occurred eight months prior (which anyone with a brain knows is false.)

For the closeted-gay, completely insane District Attorney Jim Garrison, the connection was in the fact that Sherman studied cancer, that an alleged associate of Lee Harvey Oswald's had an amateur interest in cancer research, and that the man who shot Oswald before he could stand trial - Jack Ruby - died shortly after of cancer.

Other dumbass theories connect Sherman to Lee Harvey Oswald's alleged associate David Ferrie and a vast government cover-up but ends with a theory on the advent of the AIDS virus.

In my humble opinion, the perpetrator was almost certainly the neighbor who called the police, Juan Valdes, who had a history of violent crime.

Sherman was a wealthy doctor who Valdes complained of being ignored by. He robs her, kills her, then lights the apartment on fire and calls the police to look like the good guy. tale as old as time.

[William May]

Juan Valdes, THE COFFEE GUY?!??!

I am SHOCKED!! SHOCKED, I say!

Well, not really THAT shocked................

[Hogmann]

That little smirk...he looks suspect. The guy in that hat looks questionable too.

[Eyensky]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Juan Valdes, THE COFFEE GUY?!??!

I am SHOCKED!! SHOCKED, I say!

Well, not really THAT shocked................

William, keep in mind that every morning Juan Valdez and his trusty goat wake up early to pick the finest coffee beans.

[Soulconsumer]

50 years ago ??