MURDER
CASE #: 2008-4
Jim Duckett
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Offense Location:
Shelbyville KY
Summary:
Jim Duckett was found murdered in his home on Monday November 10th, 2008. He was tied to a chair in his bathroom and been stabbed over 15 times and his neck had been slit. Jim was found by his sister Katherine, who had not heard from Jim all day on Sunday the 9th, and had reached out to several friends who stated that Jim did not show up to church on Sunday like he always did. Jim was murdered the early hours of Sunday November 9th 2008, sometime between 12:15 AM and 3:00 AM.
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Jim was on the phone with his girlfriend until about 12:15 - 12:30 AM Sunday November 9th. Blurry ATM footage from Jim’s bank showed a suspect driving Jim’s truck through his ATM and withdrawing money from Jim’s account at approximately 3:00AM Sunday morning November 9th.
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Jim’s dog, Bo, is left inside the house until around 11:30pm
Jim’s missing truck is found near downtown Shelbyville near his bank
Katherine enters Jim’s house and calls 911 after finding Jim in his bathroom tied to a chair and stabbed to death
Katherine and her husband Tony drive by Jim’s house Sunday night after hearing he missed church and no one has heard from him all day. Jim’s truck isn’t in the driveway. They look around the outside of the home and go home.
Blurry ATM footage captures a suspect driving through Jim’s bank ATM withdrawing money from Jim’s account
Jim and his girlfriend talk on the phone late Saturday evening into early Sunday morning. They hang up around 12:15-12:30 AM Sunday
Jim drops off Katherine at her house late Saturday afternoon
Jim’s house is robbed on Halloween night, 9 days before his murder
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