Jessica Keen Murder Case

Presentation on story of Jessica Keen's Murder. Crime Scene, Suspect, offender and court punishment procedures!

1. . KOMAL RAJA Roll no. 513 M-Phil Forensic Psychology Presented to: Ma’am Salma CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DONOT CROS 2/26/2014 1

2. Jessica Keen march 17 , 1991 MURDER CASE 2/26/2014 2

3. Contents Introduction  Before the murder Body discovered After murder Arrest References 2/26/2014 3

4. Introduction Jessica Lyn Keen, a 15-year-old girl She was from   Columbus. She was a model student. An honor student and a  cheerleader. 2/26/2014 4

5. Before the murder She met Thompson, an 18-year old Thompson was from Central Ohio After meeting Thompson: She quit cheerleading Her grades dropped 2/26/2014 5

6. Cont… Her parents objected to her seeing Thompson but did not know what to do. They placed her in a home for troubled teens on March 4, 1991. 2/26/2014 6

7. Body discovered After being missing for two days, Jessica Keen's body was found. At the back of Foster Chapel Cemetery, 20 miles from the teen facility. 2/26/2014 7

8. CRIME SCENE 2/26/2014 8

9. After Murder she had been   raped and badly beaten. She was still wearing her ring and watch, but a pendant with the word "taken" was nowhere to be found. 2/26/2014 9

10. . //CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE DO NOT CROSS 2/26/2014 10

11. Prime Suspect 2/26/2014 11

12. Prime Suspect Her boyfriend was the prime suspect, but  DNA tests proved he was not responsible. Police theorized that she had escaped her abductors  and ran to the cemetery.  2/26/2014 12

13. Evidence Evidence in the cemetery shows she tried to hide behind grave stones – one of her socks was found, and a knee imprint in the mud behind a grave stone was found with or near the sock. 2/26/2014 13

14. Evidence Cont… She was killed near a fence in the cemetery, presumably by her abductors, who had followed her. A cross with her name on it was placed where her body was discovered near the fence in the cemetery. 2/26/2014 14

15. Arrest On April 9, 2008, police in  Burlington, North Carolina  arrested Marvin Lee Smith. Jr . Smith was charged with unlawful sexual conduct on Keen, a  felony . Smith had an  extradition  hearing set for April 30, 2008, to determine whether he would be turned over to Ohio authorities to face charges . 2/26/2014 15

16. Confession In 2009, Smith admitted to a Madison county courtroom that he had in fact raped and murdered Keen. According to The Columbus Dispatch, who reported the admission February 27, 2009, Smith told the court that Keen had escaped Smith's car and run into Foster Chapel Cemetery, where she collided with a fence post and fell. Smith confessed that he beat Keen to death with a tombstone, then discarded it over the fence nearby. 2/26/2014 16

17. . Reports show that police had indeed found bloodied pieces of a tombstone where Smith had indicated. 2/26/2014 17

18. Punishment In exchange for Smith's confession, he avoided a death penalty trial that was set for March. Smith pled guilty to one charge of aggravated murder, with specifications of rape and murder, and was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison. 2/26/2014 18

19. References http ://forgottenoh.com/News/keenconviction.html Foster Chapel Cemetery and the Jessica Keen Memorial The Keen case on the  Unsolved Mysteries   website Reward For Tips To Help Solve 15-Year-Old Murder Mystery from the Ohio Attorney General's Office 2/26/2014 19

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