A MURDER IS ERASED BY VICTIM'S DISEASE

A MURDER IS ERASED BY VICTIM'S DISEASE

Calvin Jones Dodged A Murder Charge Because His Victim Had Sickle-Cell Anemia

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12 (AP) Calvin Jones, a 33-yearold laborer, escaped a murder charge today because of testimony that the woman he had beaten with a rubber hose was suffering from a rare blood disease that would have killed her within hours

In January 1966, Philadelphia man Calvin Jones escaped charges of murder due to a really bizarre coincidence. Jones had previously been charged with the murder of 23-year-old Sarah Tolbert, his then-girlfriend. It appeared as though he had beaten her to death with a rubber hose. When the young woman was autopsied, however, it was discovered that Jones’s assault hadn’t been what ended her life.

Instead, the coroner discovered that Tolbert had died of sickle-cell anemia at the exact moment she was being battered. As a result, Jones received the lesser charge of assault and battery.

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