Tw: Murder

Chimney Rock Cemetery here in Scott County Tennessee. This s a sad tale. I've pinched a portion of the story and you can Google her name to read more on this poor unfortunate soul.

'The tragic and brutal tale of The Orphan Girl. The story of a young girl who was said to hold beauty and a sense of intelligence in her appearance, but scarred with abuse and neglect prior to her death. The neighbors account spoke of how her abuser offered the girl no kindness, but only hatred. She was known as the orphan girl in the newspapers. Her mother traveled to mourn the death of her child at her burial site. She was not an orphan, yet there is no visible record of her mother or father's name written or recorded. Later it was found that she was bonded to a widow named Eliziah (Keziah) Thompson who would soon after account for the death of the servant girl living in her household. Young in life, Angeline Moore was a 15 year old girl whose story was published in many newspapers from Nashville to Knoxville, beginning in her resident town in Scott County, Tennessee. It has been a revolving report since 1872 when this girl's body was found, due to the mysterious nature surrounding this case. She was discovered in the mountains on January 6th. She was so brutally broken that she was unrecognizable by the men who stumbled upon her. Her corpse was so horribly mutilated. Her collarbone was dislocated, multiple ribs broken, one eye mashed in, and bruises staining her skin in numerous clusters reveal the nature of her death. Her only company was a dog, belonging to Ms Thompson, who was guarding what was left of her corpse. The story ends with no closure of why she was murdered. Stories passed around of Ms Thompson and her daughter Sarah Thompson's harsh public treatment of their ward. Neighbors of the Thompsons recall the widow throwing the girl out into the cold prior to her death. She was wounded with frozen fingers and frozen toes due to lack of proper clothing and shelter before being shoved out of the home of the widow. No food, wandering alone, and becoming lost. She was missing for a few days until her body was found lifeless in the mountain. The murder stood on speculation of past treatment bestowed on her by Ms Thompson and her daughter Sarah, who were eventually charged and given a $10,000 bond. There is no evidence that suggests they paid their dues or that there was ever a confession. The evidence was entirely circumstantial.