The entire town and the nation were captivated by the Jamey Walker Murder on mother’s day.

Jamey Walker, a third-generation civil rights fighter from a well-known westside family, was a devoutly religious honor student, cheerleader, prom queen, and valedictorian.

She was murdered on May 10, 1981. The body of 18-year-old Jamey Walker was discovered in a wash close to Lake Mead forty years ago. 

Walker, who fell over 50 feet, died from a severe skull fracture. Her crushed body, thrown from an overpass at a great height, was discovered in the Las Vegas Wash.

She was held hostage for ransom, murdered and then r*ped.

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Her father, James Walker, got a call in the early morning before her body was discovered, demanding $75,000 for his daughter’s safe return.

The Walker family was having problems getting money to pay for her release, according to the police, because banks were closed on the weekend.

Jamey Walker’s family and friends gathered in a Las Vegas courthouse nearly 35 years after her murder to witness her killer’s sentencing to jail.

The Las Vegas Review revealed when Walker’s body was discovered, authorities assumed that she had died while attempting to flee from attackers.

Although no other suspects have been apprehended, authorities have claimed that Shannon may have had accomplices in the abduction and murder of the victim.

The late Eleanor Walker’s daughter, Jamey Walker, served as president of the NAACP chapter in her community. Sarann Knight Preddy, her grandmother, ran unsuccessfully for the Las Vegas City Council in 1979.

The Killer, Willie Kee Shannon

Willie Lee Shannon, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail, was implicated in the kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old Walker, according to authorities who cited DNA evidence.

Walker was imprisoned in Florida in 2010 on a separate murder allegation when he was accused of the slaying. 

Detectives in Las Vegas were using grants to investigate unsolved crimes. 

Walker’s underpants included some of Shannon’s DNA, which the police were able to match.

Shannon, 64, accepted a deal from the prosecution earlier this year to confess to second-degree murder and escape the death penalty.

According to Shannon’s arrest report, Jamey Walker might have been the kidnapper’s inadvertent target.

Shannon confessed to the murder between 1986 and 1987 while incarcerated in the Nevada State Prison. But the informant later changed his story.

Walker’s uncle, Gerald Holder, referred to the family and friends as “a mass of brokenness” while donning a yellow “Justice 4 Jamey” T-shirt alongside the nearly 40 other people in District Judge Michael Villani’s courtroom.

As part of the agreement, Shannon agreed that there was sufficient evidence to convict him even if he did not admit guilt. This type of plea agreement is known as an Alford plea.

Shannon would earn credit for his five years in custody and be qualified for parole shortly after his term because his plea met the requirements of the legislation in effect at the time of Walker’s death.

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