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The Mystery of the Joan Little Case

Summary by Washington Monthly
Beaufort County is a small patch in eastern North Carolina. Its county seat, Washington, located on the northern bank of the Pamlico River, has a population of 10,000. It is also the site of the Beaufort County jail, where on August 26, 1974, Joan Little, a 20-year-old Black woman, killed Clarence T. Alligood, her white jailer, with an ice pick.  She claimed she had killed him in self-defense during an unwanted sexual assault. Her case continues…

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The Mystery of the Joan Little Case

Beaufort County is a small patch in eastern North Carolina. Its county seat, Washington, located on the northern bank of the Pamlico River, has a population of 10,000. It is also the site of the Beaufort County jail, where on August 26, 1974, Joan Little, a 20-year-old Black woman, killed Clarence T. Alligood, her white jailer, with an ice pick.  She claimed she had killed him in self-defense during an unwanted sexual assault. Her case continues…

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Washington Monthly broke the news on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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