# PART 5: The 1970 Murder of Jack McDonald

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Podcast: [Cardinal Crimes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cardinal-crimes-7111220)
Published: 2025-10-27T04:00:00+00:00
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In October of 1970, a maid at the Travel Inn in Meridian, Mississippi discovered the body of 23-year-old Jack McDonald. He had been murdered by multiple blows to the head with an ax or hatchet-like instrument. The investigation into the murder of Jack McDonald remains unsolved, but today, many believe he may have been murdered by the same man who killed William Kyle, Rose Burkert, and Roger Atkison. In part five we will go over everything we know about Jack's case and the similari...

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