An honest man's killing, a statewide legacy Appalachian Unsolved

J.T. Lutz was spending a quiet night at home with his young family when a shotgun blast shattered the window.


The Greene County man had vowed to help authorities catch a thief. Somebody else thought differently.


Lutz’s murder shortly before Christmas 1949 so angered leaders they pushed for the creation of a statewide police agency.