Judith Ann Sylvester

1942 - 1967  (24 years)

• Name	Judith Ann Sylvester  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	14 Nov 1942	Arkansas, USA   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1950	Hill, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA   [6]
  	Age: 7; Relation to Head: Daughter of Elouise and Erwin Sylvester; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	10 Apr 1967	Lonoke County, Arkansas, USA   [3, 5, 7, 8]
  	Cause: Murdered: Judith and daughters Rebecca and Karen were shot to death in their home, presuma
  		Homicide-MOODY Judith (Mother and children shot)
  Burial	Concord Cemetery, Lonoke, Lonoke, Arkansas, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I14381	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	John Wesley 'Johnnie' Moody,   b. 15 Feb 1940, Arkansas, USA d. 18 Jan 2008 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1962	Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Rebecca Ann Moody,   b. 18 Jul 1963, Arkansas, USA d. 10 Apr 1967, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA (Age 3 years)  [natural]   2. Karen Lee Moody,   b. 7 May 1966, Arkansas, USA d. 10 Apr 1967, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA (Age 0 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F10401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Nov 1942 - Arkansas, USA Marriage - 10 Mar 1962 - Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Death - Cause: Murdered: Judith and daughters Rebecca and Karen were shot to death in their home, presuma - 10 Apr 1967 - Lonoke County, Arkansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News		Homicide-MOODY Judith (Death of Edward Tribble)
  		Homicide-MOODY Judith (Mother and children shot)

  
  

• Sources

  [S168] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1967. Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969 [S98] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Marriage Certificates; Year: 1962; Film: #5. Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1969 [S168] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1967. Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969 [S168] Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1967. Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969 [S515] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hill, Pulaski, Arkan. 1950 United States Federal Census [S1416] Murder of Judith, Karen, Rebecca Moody - Hope Star - 11 Apr 1967, (Name: Hope Star; Location: Hope, Arkansas; Date: 11 Apr 1967;), Mother, Two Children Shot to Death. Pulaski County Sheriff Frank Mackey today assigned two officers to investigate the Monday slaying of a young housewife and her two small children. "There are just no leads," Mackey said this morning. "But we've got two men on the case and we're trying to learn something today." Mackey identified the victims as Mrs. Judith Ann Moody, 24, and her daughters, Rebecca Ann, 3, and Karen Lee, 11 months. The three were shot to death sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday, Mackey said. He said he had not received a report from the medi cal examiner to determine the approximate time of death. John Moody, 27, the husband, was at work at the U.S. Time Corp. in Little Rock at the time ol the shooting, Mackey said. The Moody's lived in a modest frame home a few miles west of the Pulaski-Lonoke line. Mackey said the bodies were discovered about 3:30 p.m. by Moody's mother, Mrs. Gracie Hester of Cabot. He said Mrs. Moody's mother, Eloise Sylvester of North Little Rock, talked with her daughter about 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Moody's body was found in her bedroom and the children in their bedroom, Mackey said. The sheriff said each was shot but he declined to say how many times or with what type weapon. Mackey said no weapon was near the scene. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83764119/hope-star/?xid=637 Homicide-MOODY Judith (Mother and children shot) [S1417] Murder of Moody Family - El Dorado Daily News 23 Apr 1967, (Name: El Dorado Daily News; Location: El Dorado, Arkansas; Date: 23 Apr 1967;), Wanted For Questioning, Man Dies In Wild Chase. Edward Tribble, 27, wanted for questioning in connection with four recent murders, was killed Saturday night when his car wrecked about 12 miles south of here during a high-speed chase with police. Little Rock Police Chief R. E. Bnans said authorities wanted to question Tribble in connection with the death of Willeen Knight Feb 9 in Little Rock and the shooting of Mrs. Judith Ann Moody and her two daughters April 10 near Cabot. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83761977/el-dorado-daily-news/?xid=637 Homicide-MOODY Judith (Death of Edward Tribble)