The Texas Cadet Murder

An obsessive teenage love leads to the brutal murder of a fellow student.

32 min readNov 29, 2021

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Victim Adrianne Jones (photo source)

“There are not any winners in this case.”
Judge Joe Drago

The field (photo source)

The Body in the Field

Lori Johnston

Written by Lori Johnston

Writer, reader, margarita drinker. Currently looking for a “dare to be great” situation.

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