yancey mccord:
the killer that arizona forgot about
A documentary film by M Jason Allen
In 1961 at the age of 22, Chicago-born Yancey McCord committed a familicide of the Jenkins family in the former township of Kindred, Arizona. Victims include both parents, three children, and two visiting cousins of the children resulting in 7 deaths in one home during a single early morning.
McCord went missing from the local jail on the night after the murders where he was being held until a scheduled transfer the next morning to the county seat jail.
Accounts vary through conducted interviews, but concensus is that he was intentionally, yet secretly let go by the community's only law official, Constable JP Winsley, under the guise of a well-planned escape. He was never pursued by authorities for the crime, essentially slipping through the cracks for nearly 60 years. No one else was ever charged.
Under what circumstance would this secret release be warranted if indeed this was how he vanished? He was taken into custody within an hour of the crime still wearing bloody clothes.
It is known that McCord & Constable Winsley were friendly acquaintances who shared certain interests as they were both originally from the Midwest. Conversely, it is also known that there had been recent dissension between them over a disagreement of ordinances that had recently been enacted in Kindred.
The unincorporated township of Kindred went from a population of 171 to an estimated 30 within 5 years. Today, Kindred is completely devoid of population and is no longer recognized. Only a few small structural remnants remain just like dozens of other "ghost town" communities across the Southwest.
I'm film director M Jason Allen. I learned of Yancey's story through an elder client of mine in 2007 who was his live-in girlfriend in the late 1950s. She (Vada Worchester) knew that I was into forensic crime shows and she confided in me on many things. I didn't think much of it at the time. However, after recently working on my latest movie "Emulator", the story popped back in my mind and I can't let it go. I decided to seek out what really happened and if Yancey McCord is still in Arizona, free or imprisoned-- or even still alive. The result of my curiosities is unbelievable and you will get to find out.
This film features interviews conducted by yours truly with Arizona politicians, law enforcement officers, relatives of all parties involved, and local historians. Stay tuned as I host my first documentary film on the killer that Arizona literally forgot about. Yancey McCord.
UPDATE: I've been made aware that a re-opening of this case has been proposed as a result of my requests for interviews. I've been informed that I will not have clearance for any developments that may come from their efforts. However, the good news is that the work I've done thus far is eligible for inclusion in the documentary and until their investigation becomes formal, I'm free to finish it within legal means before the inquiry. Personally, I have a feeling that they think I'm on a roll and want to piggyback my findings for their investigation. As long as they don't confiscate my film and hold it back, I'm good. I think I may have started something. Oops.
McCord went missing from the local jail on the night after the murders where he was being held until a scheduled transfer the next morning to the county seat jail.
Accounts vary through conducted interviews, but concensus is that he was intentionally, yet secretly let go by the community's only law official, Constable JP Winsley, under the guise of a well-planned escape. He was never pursued by authorities for the crime, essentially slipping through the cracks for nearly 60 years. No one else was ever charged.
Under what circumstance would this secret release be warranted if indeed this was how he vanished? He was taken into custody within an hour of the crime still wearing bloody clothes.
It is known that McCord & Constable Winsley were friendly acquaintances who shared certain interests as they were both originally from the Midwest. Conversely, it is also known that there had been recent dissension between them over a disagreement of ordinances that had recently been enacted in Kindred.
The unincorporated township of Kindred went from a population of 171 to an estimated 30 within 5 years. Today, Kindred is completely devoid of population and is no longer recognized. Only a few small structural remnants remain just like dozens of other "ghost town" communities across the Southwest.
I'm film director M Jason Allen. I learned of Yancey's story through an elder client of mine in 2007 who was his live-in girlfriend in the late 1950s. She (Vada Worchester) knew that I was into forensic crime shows and she confided in me on many things. I didn't think much of it at the time. However, after recently working on my latest movie "Emulator", the story popped back in my mind and I can't let it go. I decided to seek out what really happened and if Yancey McCord is still in Arizona, free or imprisoned-- or even still alive. The result of my curiosities is unbelievable and you will get to find out.
This film features interviews conducted by yours truly with Arizona politicians, law enforcement officers, relatives of all parties involved, and local historians. Stay tuned as I host my first documentary film on the killer that Arizona literally forgot about. Yancey McCord.
UPDATE: I've been made aware that a re-opening of this case has been proposed as a result of my requests for interviews. I've been informed that I will not have clearance for any developments that may come from their efforts. However, the good news is that the work I've done thus far is eligible for inclusion in the documentary and until their investigation becomes formal, I'm free to finish it within legal means before the inquiry. Personally, I have a feeling that they think I'm on a roll and want to piggyback my findings for their investigation. As long as they don't confiscate my film and hold it back, I'm good. I think I may have started something. Oops.
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