The ringleader of Brooke Hart's murder he came up with the idea to kidnap Brooke has he got off of work. Brooke Hart more than likely died within an hour or so after he was abducted and thrown from the San Mateo Bridge he had concrete blocks attached to his body with bailing wire but was able to loosen himself free of these weights before he died. When his body was found 2 weeks later it had been eaten by crabs and was missing the hands and was badly decomposed from the waist up but for almost 2 weeks his captors kept calling Brookes father demanding $40.000 in ransom to return Brooke alive to his family! The day Brook Harts body was found Jack Holmes and his accomplice were lynched across the street from the jail where they were being held because the Hart family was so well loved and respected in San Jose.
Edit Suggested By Suzannah McCuen 10/06/2021
Thomas Thurmond and Jack Holmes had been arrested and had confessed by Nov 16, a week after kidnapping and killing Brooke Hart so they didn't keep calling Brooke's father for two weeks. They did mail him at least two letters and make several phone calls to him with a ransom demand of $40,000 according to newspaper accounts of the time, but they were in custody and had confessed by November 16.
Thanks for posting a memorial for Thurmond.
Edit Suggested By Suzannah McCuen 10/06/2021
Thomas Thurmond and Jack Holmes had been arrested and had confessed by Nov 16, a week after kidnapping and killing Brooke Hart so they didn't keep calling Brooke's father for two weeks. They did mail him at least two letters and make several phone calls to him with a ransom demand of $40,000 according to newspaper accounts of the time, but they were in custody and had confessed by November 16.
Thanks for posting a memorial for Thurmond.
The ringleader of Brooke Hart's murder he came up with the idea to kidnap Brooke has he got off of work. Brooke Hart more than likely died within an hour or so after he was abducted and thrown from the San Mateo Bridge he had concrete blocks attached to his body with bailing wire but was able to loosen himself free of these weights before he died. When his body was found 2 weeks later it had been eaten by crabs and was missing the hands and was badly decomposed from the waist up but for almost 2 weeks his captors kept calling Brookes father demanding $40.000 in ransom to return Brooke alive to his family! The day Brook Harts body was found Jack Holmes and his accomplice were lynched across the street from the jail where they were being held because the Hart family was so well loved and respected in San Jose.
Edit Suggested By Suzannah McCuen 10/06/2021
Thomas Thurmond and Jack Holmes had been arrested and had confessed by Nov 16, a week after kidnapping and killing Brooke Hart so they didn't keep calling Brooke's father for two weeks. They did mail him at least two letters and make several phone calls to him with a ransom demand of $40,000 according to newspaper accounts of the time, but they were in custody and had confessed by November 16.
Thanks for posting a memorial for Thurmond.
Edit Suggested By Suzannah McCuen 10/06/2021
Thomas Thurmond and Jack Holmes had been arrested and had confessed by Nov 16, a week after kidnapping and killing Brooke Hart so they didn't keep calling Brooke's father for two weeks. They did mail him at least two letters and make several phone calls to him with a ransom demand of $40,000 according to newspaper accounts of the time, but they were in custody and had confessed by November 16.
Thanks for posting a memorial for Thurmond.
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