This week, in honor of the Candian Thanksgiving holiday, we are covering a series of Thanksgiving related cases. We start by discussing the murder of Brioni Rutland, who was killed by Jeremy Williams over an apparent gambling bet. Then we discuss the murder of Janet Yearly, which went unsolved for 17 years, until 2022. Then we discuss 2 family murders that took place during the Thanksgiving holiday, the Privacky family murders and the Merhige family murders.
Sources:
Catherine Boeckmann, “4 Ways Canadian Thanksgiving Differs From U.S.A.'s Thanksgiving”, Almanac.com, Sept 23, 2024, https://www.almanac.com/content/ways-canadian-thanksgiving-differs-american-thanksgiving, accessed Sept 30, 2024.
Jeff Somers, “THE MOST FRIGHTENING CRIMES THAT HAPPENED ON THANKSGIVING”, Grunge.com, Feb 7, 2022, https://www.grunge.com/261400/the-most-frightening-crimes-that-happened-on-thanksgiving/, accessed Aug 30, 2024.
Crystal Bonvillian, Convicted killer of Deshler High coach gets life in prison, AL.com, Jan 28 2016, https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2016/01/convicted_killer_of_deshler_hi.html#:~:text=Jeremy%20Lashun%20Williams,%2031,%20of%20Florence%20was%20convicted%20in%20November, accessed Sept 30, 2024
Shraman Mitra, “Bree Rutland Murder: Where Is Jeremy Williams Now?”, TheCinemaholic, Jan 4, 2023, https://thecinemaholic.com/bree-rutland-murder-where-is-jeremy-williams-now/, accessed Sept 30, 2024.
Matt Christy, “The murder of Janet Yeary: Kokomo cold case closed after 17 years”, Fox59, Jan 14, 2022, https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/kokomo-thanksgiving-murder-cold-case-of-janet-yeary-officially-closed/#:~:text=For%2017%20years%20the%20death%20of%20Janet%20Yeary%20has%20been, accessed Sept 30, 2024.
“Seth Privacky”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Privacky#:~:text=Seth%20Stephen%20Privacky%20(June%202,%201980%20%E2%80%93%20July%2015,%202010), accessed Sept 30, 2024.
“Paul Michael Merhige”, Murderpedia, https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/merhige-paul.htm#:~:text=WEST%20PALM%20BEACH--%20Prosecutors%20have%20decided%20to%20seek%20the%20death, accessed Sept 30, 2024.
CNN Wire Staff, “Man admits murdering 4 relatives on Thanksgiving, gets life in prison”, CNN, Oct 28, 2011, https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/justice/florida-thanksgiving-killings/index.html#:~:text=After%20hearing%20from%20relatives%20of%20the%20victims,%20Palm%20Beach%20County, accessed Sept 30, 2024.
