Saturday, July 17, 2021

Murder of Catherine and George Peacock

 


76-year-old George and 73-year-old Catherine Peacock lived in Danby, Vermont. On September 17, 1989, George did not show up to work and no one had seen the couple for a few days. Someone would go and check on the couple that day and find their bodies inside. 

In the home, their bodies were found. Catherine's body was found in an unfurnished bedroom upstairs and George was found at the bottom of the stairs. The two had been stabbed by the same double-edged knife more than an inch wide. Robbery may have been motive by  The house was secured and there was no evidence of a forced entry was discovered. 


SOURCES:

Vermont State Police

The Battleboro Reformber September 21, 1989

Rutland Daily Herald October 3, 1989

The Bennington Banner October 3, 1989

The Battkeboro Reformer Ocotber 4, 1989

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