
- Posted March 28, 2025
With Esther McPhee deceased, the trial for her husband began on the afternoon of October 17, with Prosecutor RJ…
One family above all others remains tangled up in Decatur’s past. The Morrises were considered the village darlings, but that all came to an end in September of 1879. In one foul swoop, their lives were snuffed out and the murderer lost to the pages of history. With the sheer number of suspects involved, this case remains unsolved–even over a century later.