Chapter 3 | Persons of Interest

Graves County: Chapter 3 | Persons of Interest

Six years after Jessica’s death, agents with the Kentucky Attorney General’s office took over her murder investigation. After pinpointing their main suspects with the help of citizen investigator Susan Galbreath, the agents conducted a series of unorthodox interrogations that elicited key confessions and led to the trial and conviction of Quincy Cross. 

Key figures in this chapter:

Susan Galbreath (1960 - 2018): Citizen investigator.

Greg Stumbo: Attorney General of Kentucky from 2004 - 2008. He promised Joe Currin that he would solve his daughter’s murder. He revamped the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI). 

Lee Wise and Bob O’Neil: Agents with the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI). They ran the interrogations that elicited key confessions later used in the 2008 trial and conviction of Quincy Cross. 

Rosie Crice: Victoria Caldwell’s sister. Served as a corroborating witness for the prosecution.  

Quincy Cross: Convicted of murder and currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. 

Tamara Caldwell: Served almost six years in prison for manslaughter in the second degree. Victoria and Rosie’s cousin.  

Jeff Burton: Served almost eight years in prison for manslaughter in the second degree.

Victoria Caldwell: The state’s key witness in the trial of Quincy Cross. Served less than three months in jail for being an accomplice to the crime.  

Vinisha Stubblefield: The other main witness in the trial of Quincy Cross and the last known person to see Jessica Currin alive. Served six months in jail for being an accomplice to the crime.  

Barbara Maines Whaley: The lead prosecutor in the trial of Quincy Cross. Assistant Attorney General at the Kentucky AG’s office. 

David Cross: Quincy Cross’s father. He was born and raised in a small town in Tennessee. 

Darra Woolman: Fighting alongside David Cross’s family to get Quincy Cross out of prison.  

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