Now I was wondering why we have never heard of the Bra Murder, well it just does not sound good but The Brassiere Murder does have a slight ring to it. Maybe not quite as salacious as The Bikini Murder or The Bikini Strangler. So add in time and MSM and you now have juicy headlines, headlines that would not have been seen in the news back in 1961.
Betty Gail Brown died back in 1961 in much the same method that was used to murder Tiffany Souers. Both women were University students and both women were murdered by a brassiere if you will, the only difference in Tiffany Souers case is that that bra was part of a bathing suit, thus we have The Bikini Murder.
Betty was 19 when she was found strangled to death in her car while parked in her driveway. It was her own bra that had been used to strangle her shortly after retuning from an biology exam that morning.
In the beginning police interviewed ex-boyfriends, they even questioned a married man that had been in Ms. Brown’s diary, and they gave lie-detector tests to students at Transylvania.
A few years later, Alex Arnold a drifter confessed to the crime but a jury could not reach a decision and the case was never re-tried. That brings us to June 2006 and the day of technology, DNA did not exist, at least not the science of it back in 1961. So police have re-opened the cold case in hopes that they may solve this case with “touch DNA”, which is DNA that comes from skin cells sometimes left behind when a person touches or rubs against an item.
November 22, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Betty Gail Brown was my cousin. Her mother Quincy and my Mother Lillian were sisters and are both now deceased. Betty Gail was strangled in her car later at night after leaving studying at the college.
She was an only child and it destroyed her parents. I would really love to know if they ever find the killer. How can I keep up with this new information?
February 3, 2007 at 8:02 am
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June 12, 2007 at 6:02 pm
BETTY GAIL WENT TO CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH WITH ME AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND SHE WAS STRANGLED WITH HER BRA AMONG OTHER THINGS DONE TO HER IN FRONT OF OLD MORRISON HALL ON THE TRANSAVANIA CAMPUS WHILE SHE WAS IN HER WHITE VW…I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT I KNEW THE PERSON THAT DID IT BUT DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM…
June 12, 2007 at 6:06 pm
BETTY GAIL BROWN WENT TO CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH WITH ME AND SANG IN OUR CHOIR…FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND SHE WAS STRANGLED IN HER WHITE VW IN FRONT OF OLD MORRISON HALL ON THE CAMPUS…I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT I KNEW THE PERSON GUILTY OF THIS BUT DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM…
August 27, 2007 at 9:06 pm
you may want to check a guy by the name of risdon. his family use to own a newspaper then.
I guess he would be about 65 by now. his mother in modern term is an over priced whore. like so many rich women of that generation
September 19, 2007 at 8:26 pm
I read while researching this case that someone by the name of “Alex Arnold” was arrested for her murder. I could not find any info on a sentence or whether he was indeed found guilty.
Also, to “Patricia” the cousin:
The reason I am researching this is that my mother mentioned that a girl kin to us was murdered in Lexington. I don’t even know how we are kin to Betty Gail. It is either through the Marions of Henry County or the Creeches of Loyall/Harlan. My mother and I were both born/raised in Nelson County.
September 19, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Sorry for seeming to ignore the story with my last comment. I was just wondering if there were then/now any other suspects. Are they sure Arnold didn’t do it? Did they have other leads, other than his confession? What became of him afterward? It is rather hard finding any info on such a long-ago case, especially one from Kentucky
June 13, 2008 at 10:18 pm
to Brian:
Sorry I am been out of touch for a long time. Creeches are related to us. Betty Gail has a Metropolitian not a VW (not that it matters anymore). My aunt Quincy, Betty Gail’s mother was haunted the rest of her life and died never knowing what really happened. So sad. Someday I hope there is more information and that people are still alive that cared.