Mary Meyer cold case

Mary Meyer was a Washington DC socialite and a known close friend of President John F. Kennedy. In 1964, Mary Meyer was shot to death when going for a walk on October 12. A nearby mechanic who heard the gunshots is said to have seen an unidentified man standing over Mary’s body. According to the mechanic, the man was black and wore a light jacket, dark slacks and a dark cap. Mary had been shot in the heart and in the back of the head; both bullets were fired at extremely close range.

Shortly after the shooting, an African American man named Raymond Crump was arrested near the scene of the crime. Although Crump had no gum on him and had never been linked to owning a gun, he was tried for the crime of murder. On July 29, 1965, Crump would be acquitted of all charges. The murder of Mary Meyer remains unsolved.