Who Killed Henrietta Ragan?

- injured during the commission of the crime
- sample of blood on bedsheet did not match the victim. The Enterprise, 12-10-1959

- cashier at County Trust Bank in Leonardtown

- takes check order from Ragan the evening of 12/4/1959

- St. Mary's County Medical Examiner in 1959

- wife of Jailer Howard Buckler

- observes suspicious vehicle driving up the hill from Leonardtown Wharf on 12/5/1959 at 3am

- assisted in murder investigation

- served as elected Sheriff of St. Mary's County 1966-1970

- died January 2, 2015

- neighbor of Henrietta Ragan, reports lights on at the Ragan home at 11pm the night of the murder

- presided over the March 1960 Grand Jury investigating the Ragan murder

- brother in law of Ragan

- last person to see Ragan alive. States he left the victim at 10:30pm. (Medical Examiner places time of death between 10pm and midnight)

1960 GRAND JURY

- Philip H. Dorsey, Judge
Joseph A. Mattingly, States Attorney
William A. Burch, Foreman

Jury Members

Joseph E. Raley
Pauline D. Adams
Lawrence L. Cobb
Samuel B. Davis
Louis H. Mayor
Dorothy M. Hayden
J. Douglas Bowles
Ann Schneider
John S. Bean
Nina O'Brien Baxter
Thomas Burroughs
John R. Drury, Sr.
Robert Bennett
George W. Merson

Grand Jury Witnesses (not necessarily for the Ragan murder)

Curtis Lattimore, Welfare Official
Ethel Goddard
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Adams
Janet Rice
Julia Calhoun
Nellie Suite
Hazel Knott
Arnedia Redman
Lt. Thomas Smith
Dr. William D. Boyd
members of the Sheriff's Office

1961 GRAND JURY

Alphonso Hewitt, Foreman
Joyce Gabrelik, Secretary

- St. Mary's County Court Clerk, swears in March 1960 Grand Jury

- neighbor of Ragan

- reports suspicious vehicle parked, pointed down the hill, by the Ragan residence, described as a 1955 Ford with light color license plates.

- reporter for The Enterprise, writer of all articles on the Ragan murder investigation

- Crime Lab Tech, Maryland State Police

-processed Ragan home crime scene

- Commander of Maryland State Police Bureau of Investigation and Identification

- reviews case with investigators 12/11/1959

- brought into the investigation at the request of the Ragan family.

- owner of Mattingley Funeral Home where the Ragan viewing is held

- presented the Ragan investigation to the March 1960 Grand Jury

- Sheriff of St. Mary's County in 1959

- interviews one man Saturday night "with scratches on his neck," but releases him.

- Maryland State Police, Waldorf Barrack Commander

- reviews case with investigators 12/15/1959

- Maryland State Trooper, Waldorf Barrack

- assisted with the investigation

- assisted with processing the crime scene

- Baltimore Medical Examiner

- concludes Ragan died by strangulation with evidence of rape. Notes bruises on neck ear and wrist. Discovers gum on Ragan's teeth.

- places time of death between 10pm and midnight on 12/4/1959

- raped and murdered on 12/4/1959

- buried next to her husband at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Cemetery in Leonardtown

- serial killer question in the Ragan case, later eliminated as a suspect. The Enterprise 6-30-1960

- Maryland State Police, Troop A (Waterloo and Waldorf) Commander

- offers any assistance needed to investigators

- "If there is anything they need from the outside, it is available." - The Enterprise, 12-17-1959

- Crime Lab Tech, Maryland State Police

-processed Ragan home crime scene

- assisted in the murder investigation

- served as elected Sheriff of St. Mary's County 1974-1976

- Died 1976

- Maryland State Police, lead investigator

- later appointed as Superintendent of Maryland State Police

- employer of Henrietta Ragan 1942-1959

- owner of Thrift Oil, across the street from the Ragan home.

- tells Sheriff Miedzinski and Deputy Sanger he was in the habit of calling Henrietta when she overslept. She did not answer his call on 12-5-1959 and he went to investigate. Discovers the crime on 12/5/1959

- Maryland State Trooper, Waldorf Barrack

- assisted in fingerprint identification

- states in the 1-7-1960 Enterprise that 2/3 of the prints taken in the Ragan home have been identified.