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$500,000 Bail For Suspect in 28 Year old Murder

  » Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:33 pm
$500,000 Bail For Suspect in 28 Year old Murder

A woman arrested in Jackson, Mississippi is being held on $500,000 bail in the murder of a University of South Alabama student 28 years ago. Mobile Police arrested Jamie Letson for the murder of 18 year old Katherine Foster. Foster's body was found February 23, 1980 in a wooded area near a USA dormitory building. She had last been seen two days earlier, leaving a friend's room in that same dorm building. Alabama Attorney General Troy King announced the arrest at a news conference in Mobile Friday. King said, "A special grand jury, after hearing testimony for three… » More

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