The Bathroom Slayings Part Two: Geneva Jackson

The Bathroom Slayings Part Two: Geneva Jackson

Published: August 3, 2026

Duration: 31:08

Six years after the unsolved murder of Sharon Kay Watts, Abilene was shaken by another brutal killing with unsettling similarities.

Geneva Lucille Jackson was a respected seventh-grade math teacher, Air Force widow, mother of three, and grandmother whose quiet life revolved around her students, church, and family. When she failed to appear for a routine beauty appointment just days before Christmas 1973, friends went to check on her and discovered a horrifying crime scene inside her Edgemont Drive home.

Investigators found Geneva had been savagely beaten, stabbed, and ultimately drowned in her bathtub. The house showed no...