Della Reese (Lester Childress)
Age 46 (born 14 Oct 1954)26 Jul 2001
Chattanooga, Tennessee (USA)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tdor.info/26 Jul 2001/Della Reese (Lester Childress)
Della died from multiple stab wounds in her home.
A 46-year-old singer known to [her] fans as "Mr. Della Reese," was stabbed 28 times and [her] body was slashed at [her] home in North Chattanooga on July 26, 2001. Police charged Brian Keith Jackson, with first-degree murder, later amended to second-degree murder in the trial afterwards.
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2002/10/16/27856/Evidence-Given-On-Gay-Sex-Before-Murder.aspx
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2004/5/26/51059/Appeals-Court-Upholds-Conviction-In.aspx
https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/lester-childress-birth-1954-death-2001/59492993
