Eric Jacobi’s Life Spared After “Most Unique” Murder Case Thoroughly Investigated
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Eric Stanley Jacobi was on the brink of facing the hangman’s noose for a brutal crime that shook the community 75 years ago. Convicted of robbing and murdering a 19-year-old orphan with a disability, the so-called “river murder” case had the whole town talking. The victim, Norman Hurley, was found floating in the Maribyrnong River near Flemington Racecourse, with evidence pointing to a gruesome attack that left him unconscious and ultimately led …