Murder They Wrote Jack and Mary Branson

Murder in Mayberry

In January 2003, federal agent Jack Branson’s 85-year-old aunt Ann was bludgeoned to death and stabbed 97 times in small-town Kentucky. The killer left no fingerprints and no DNA. The case may have gone unsolved if Ann herself had not pointed police to her killer. Her story is chronicled in Murder in Mayberry.

Murder in Mayberry: Greed, Death and Mayhem in a Small Town is about a brutal crime, a promising young professional who became a killer, and a wealthy, successful woman who became the perfect victim. It’s about the impact of violent crime on a previously “normal” family and on a quiet, trusting community who refused to forget one of its own.

Murder in Mayberry, hardback edition, was released in February 2008 by New Horizon Press. Paperback rights have been purchased by Berkley/Penguin for a spring 2009 release.

"The Bransons have vividly exposed issues loved ones of murder victims face in the aftermath of a homicide. Their personal account of their family's story will help those beginning their journey from victim to survivor, as well as those who provide services for them. In addition, their book will be an eye-opener for those within the criminal justice system as it reveals the system is not 'victim-centered' and the ways victims are re-traumatized by the very systems they look to for justice."
-Jenny Wieland Ward, Executive Director, Families and Friends of Missing Persons and Violent Crime Victims, Everett, Washington www.fnfvcv.org

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