Franklin Thompson, a decorated Vietnam War veteran with a debilitating narcotics addiction, was convicted in 1997 of the murder three and a half years earlier of Jacqueline Okai, a 41-year-old prostitute in Joliet, Illinois.

Sarah Emma Edmonds (born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmondson, [1] married name Seelye, alias Franklin Flint Thompson; December 1841 – September 5, 1898) was a British North America -born woman who claimed to have served as a man with the Union Army as a nurse and spy during the American Civil War.

2025年1月28日 · Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor David Hickenlooper stated that Franklin Thompson admitted to the shooting. The prosecution argued for a $1 million bond, citing the violent nature of the crime.

2018年10月5日 · Months later authorities filed charges against Thompson, along with co-defendant Gilbert (Gil) Franklin. Thompson had a criminal history and, at the time, was under investigation by the FBI in...

2022年7月15日 · Franklin Thompson to retire as the city human rights and relations director following two decades of public service in Omaha.

2019年2月1日 · Learn about Sarah Emma Edmonds, the woman who served as a Civil War soldier as Frank Thompson, and wrote about her war experiences.

2021年6月7日 · An engraving of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a soldier named Franklin Thompson during the American Civil War. Often erased from history, scholars are now realizing that transgender and nonbinary people have existed in …

Two weeks later, based solely on the confession, a Will County grand jury indicted Thompson for first-degree murder, alleging that he had run over Oaki with his 1991 Pontiac Sunbird and left her for dead.

2017年9月14日 · The man known as Franklin Flint Thompson to his fellow soldiers was really a woman - Sarah Emma Edmonds - one of the few females known to have served during the Civil War.

2022年7月15日 · Dr. Franklin Thompson has held the HRR position since 2017. OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The city’s Human Rights and Relations Director is retiring.