Killing of Lessie Mae Johnson, Jack Johnson, Therese Morgan, and Jessie Strawman in Florida in 1933

Incident

Case summary

Jessie Strawman, under age 22, domestic laborer, was killed by unknown person(s) in 1933 in Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida. She was killed with Jack Johnson, Leslie Mae Johnson, and Therese Morgan. Strawman had been strangled, as were the other two women. Jack Johnson had been bludgeoned to death. All had been shot in the back of the head. The bodies were found off a main highway. Leslie Mae Johnson (1913-1933), a housekeeper, was killed by unknown person(s) in Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida. She was killed with her brother Jack Johnson and with Jessie Strawman and Therese Morgan. Johnson had been strangled, as were the other two women. Jack had been bludgeoned to death. All had been shot in the back of the head. The bodies were found off a main highway. Jack Johnson was killed by unknown person(s) in 1933 in Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida. Jackson was killed with his sister Leslie Mae Johnson, Jessie Strawman, and Therese Morgan. The three women were apparently under the age of 22. Johnson had been bludgeoned to death; the women had been strangled. All had been shot in the back of the head. The bodies were found off a main highway. Therese Morgan, under age 22, was killed by unknown person(s) in 1933 in Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida. She was killed with Jack Johnson, Leslie Mae Johnson, and Jessie Strawman. Morgan had been strangled, as were the other two women. Jack Johnson had been bludgeoned to death. All had been shot in the back of the head. The bodies were found off a main highway.

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Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: 1933-10-28
Location: Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida
Location type: public space - rural
Allegation against victim: winning too much at gambling; witnessing the killing of Jack Johnson

Coroner process
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Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

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