Morris murders
- Year
- 1879
- Where
- Michigan
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
The Morris Murders refer to the unsolved 1879 killings of Charles Henry Morris (born May 9, 1847) and Esther Jones Morris (born September 22, 1850) in Decatur, Michigan.
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