Murder of Terri Brooks explained
| Murder of Terri Brooks |
| Location: | Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Type: | Homicide |
| Victim: | Terri Brooks, aged 25 |
| Perpetrator: | Alfred Scott Keefe
| | Child: | yes | | Sentence: | Life in prison without the possibility of parole |
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Terri Brooks (September 13, 1958 – February 4, 1984) was the night manager of a Roy Rogers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania when she was murdered in 1984 by her fiance Alfred Scott Keefe, who subsequently confessed.[1] [2] Her murder was not solved until 1999.[3] [4] On June 6, 2000, Keefe was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.[5]
Brooks' murder was featured in Michael Capuzzo's The Murder Room, which profiled the Vidocq Society.[6]
The case was covered in many true crime shows, such as: Cold Case Files, The New Detectives, Dead of Night, An Unexpected Killer and Mr Ballen Podcast.
Notes and References
- News: Associated Press . Man Arrested In '84 Killing After DNA Is Matched . 16 April 2021 . The New York Times . 7 February 1999.
- News: Sommers . Dave . Infamous Falls Township Murder to be Featured on National TV . 16 April 2021 . LevittownNow.com . 27 May 2014.
- News: The Vidocq Society: Solving Murders Over Lunch . 16 April 2021 . www.wbur.org . 12 August 2010 . en.
- News: MARCZELY GIMPEL . DIANE . VIDOCQ SOCIETY SOLVES COLD CRIMES FOR FREE DETECTIVES CLUB CLAIMS IT HELPED FINGER BUCKS MAN'S SON'S MURDERER, BUT DA DOUBTS GROUP'S SLEUTHING EFFECTIVENESS. . 16 April 2021 . The Morning Call . 29 November 1999.
- Book: Depue . Roger L. . Schindehette . Susan . Between Good and Evil: A Master Profiler's Hunt for Society's Most Violent Predators . 2005 . Grand Central Publishing . 978-0-7595-1327-3 . 16 April 2021 . en.
- Book: Capuzzo . Michael . The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Ca ses . 10 August 2010 . Penguin . 978-1-101-45895-2 . 16 April 2021 . en.
