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Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model (A Historical True Crime Short)
Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model (A Historical True Crime Short)
Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model (A Historical True Crime Short)
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From R. Barri Flowers, award-winning criminologist and the bestselling author of Murdered by the King of Western Swing, Murder at the Pencil Factory, Murder of the Doctor’s Wife, and Murder During the Chicago World’s Fair, comes the riveting historical true crime short, Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model.

On August 6, 1978, firefighters discovered the charred remains of a body inside a wooden crate, set ablaze in an empty lot in the Bronx, New York. The male decedent had been worked over, stabbed, and shot multiple times. The victim was identified as John “Jack” Tupper, a restaurateur, age thirty-four. His killer turned out to be forty-eight-year-old Howard “Buddy” Jacobson, who at one time was the country’s leading Thoroughbred horse trainer. The shocking act of violence was the result of a classic love triangle turned deadly.

The woman caught between the two men was an attractive twenty-three-year-old fashion model and cover girl named Melanie Cain, who had recently started living with Tupper in his 84th Street penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She had previously lived in the adjoining suite with Jacobson for a number of years before moving out.

After being convicted of Tupper’s murder in 1980, Buddy Jacobson made a daring escape from custody, fleeing across the country to California with his new girlfriend, a twenty-two-year-old model named Audrey Barrett. The convicted murderer stayed on the lamb for several weeks before being captured to carry out his sentence for the death of Jack Tupper.

The stunning tale of Jacobson’s meteoric rise and fall in horse training, and subsequent romantic involvement with someone less than half his age ending up in a tragic crime of passion, had all the makings of an ill-fated contemporary melodrama, except that it occurred on a real-life stage as a sad true event.

Bonus material includes a complete and gripping historical true crime short, Murder of the Banker’s Daughter: The Killing of Marion Parker, and excerpts from the author’s bestselling true crime anthologies, Murder Chronicles: A Collection of Chilling True Crime Tales, and The Dreadful Acts of Jack the Ripper and Other True Tales of Serial Murder and Prostitutes.

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Release dateJun 13, 2018
ISBN9780463906422
Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model (A Historical True Crime Short)
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R. Barri Flowers

R. Barri Flowers is an award winning and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of romantic suspense, mystery, thriller and crime novels, with twenty Harlequin titles published to date, such as Honolulu Cold Homicide and Special Agent Witness. Chemistry and conflict between the hero and heroine, attention to detail, and incorporating the very latest advances in criminal investigations, are the cornerstones of his crime thriller fiction.

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    Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival - R. Barri Flowers

    MURDER OF THE HORSE TRAINER’S RIVAL

    The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model

    A Historical True Crime Short

    By R. Barri Flowers

    MURDER OF THE HORSE TRAINER’S RIVAL

    The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model

    A Historical True Crime Short

    Copyright 2018 by R. Barri Flowers

    All rights reserved.

    Cover Image Copyright Ross Stevenson, 2018

    Used under license from Shutterstock.com

    In memory of the tragic victims of historical and present-day

    bad relationships, misfortune, and homicide.

    * * *

    OTHER TRUE CRIME TITLES BY R. BARRI FLOWERS

    Dead at the Saddleworth Moor

    Kids Who Commit Adult Crimes

    Killers of the Lonely Hearts

    Mass Murder in the Sky

    Masters of True Crime

    Missing or Murdered

    Murder at the Pencil Factory

    Murder During the Chicago World’s Fair

    Murder of a Star Quarterback

    Murder of the Banker’s Daughter

    Murder of the Doctor’s Wife

    Murdered by the King of Western Swing

    Murderess on the Loose

    Murders in the United States

    Serial Killer Couples

    The Amityville Massacre

    The Dreadful Acts of Jack the Ripper

    The Gold Special Train Robbery

    The Pickaxe Killers

    The Sex Slave Murders

    The Sex Slave Murders 2

    The Sex Slave Murders 3

    MYSTERY & THRILLER FICTION TITLES BY R. BARRI FLOWERS

    Before He Kills Again: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller

    Dark Streets of Whitechapel: A Jack the Ripper Mystery

    Dead in Pukalani: An Eddie Naku Maui Mystery (Book 1)

    Dead in Kihei: An Eddie Naku Maui Mystery (Book 2)

    Deadly Defense: A Grace Gaynor Christian Mystery

    Justice Served: A Barkley & Parker Mystery

    Killer in The Woods

    Murder in Maui: A Leila Kahana Mystery (Book 1)

    Murder on Kaanapali Beach: A Leila Kahana Mystery (Book 2)

    Murder of the Hula Dancers: A Leila Kahana Mystery (Book 3)

    Persuasive Evidence: A Jordan La Fontaine Legal Thriller

    State’s Evidence: A Beverly Mendoza Legal Thriller

    * * *

    PRAISE FOR TRUE CRIME BOOKS BY R. BARRI FLOWERS

    Must read for all true crime fans. — Amazon reviewer on Serial Killers and Prostitutes

    Selected as one of Suspense Magazine’s Best books. — John Raab, CEO/Publisher on The Sex Slave Murders

    A gripping account of the murders committed by husband-and-wife serial killers Gerald and Charlene Gallego. — Gary C. King, true crime author on The Sex Slave Murders

    Vivid case studies of murder to complement this well researched criminology text. — Scott Bonn, Ph.D., criminology professor on The Dynamics of Murder

    A model of exposition not to be missed by anyone interested in the annals of American criminal behavior. — Jim Ingraham, Ph.D., professor emeritus of American Studies at Bryant University on The Pickaxe Killers

    R. Barri Flowers always relates an engrossing story. — Robert Scott, true crime author on The Sex Slave Murders

    Striking, well-written tales sparkle in this ocean of murder. — Diane Fanning, true crime author on Masters of True Crime

    Exhaustively researched, each storyteller brings their own unique prose to these pages, creating what will soon become a true crime classic. — Kevin M. Sullivan, true crime author on Masters of True Crime

    This book should be a mandatory purchase and read for any true-crime buff. — Steven A. Egger, Ph.D., associate professor on Masters of True Crime

    Incredible cases, psychopathic killers, unwitting victims, along with the very best writers, make for an exciting, no-holds-barred, soon-to-be true-crime classic. — Dan Zupansky, host of True Murder on Masters of True Crime

    An indispensable sourcebook for anyone interested in American homicide, from law-enforcement professionals to armchair criminologists. — Harold Schechter, true crime historian on The Dynamics of Murder

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model

    Murder of the Banker’s Daughter: The Killing of Marion Parker – bonus true crime short

    Murder Chronicles: Murder in Mission Hill – bonus excerpt

    The Dreadful Acts of Jack the Ripper – bonus excerpt

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    About the Author

    MURDER OF THE HORSE TRAINER’S RIVAL

    The Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model

    On Sunday, August 6, 1978, firefighters discovered the charred remains of a body inside a wooden crate, set ablaze in an empty lot in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, in Bronx County, New York. The male decedent had been worked over, stabbed, and shot multiple times. The victim was identified as John Jack Tupper, a restaurateur, age thirty-four. His killer turned out to be forty-eight-year-old Howard Buddy Jacobson, who at one time was the country’s leading Thoroughbred horse trainer.¹ The shocking act of violence was the result of a classic love triangle turned deadly. The woman caught between the two men was an attractive twenty-three-year-old fashion model named Melanie Cain, who had recently started living with Tupper in his 84th Street penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She had previously lived in the adjoining suite with Jacobson for a number of years before moving out. After being convicted of Tupper’s murder in 1980, Buddy Jacobson made a daring escape from custody, fleeing across the country to California with his new girlfriend, a twenty-two-year-old model named Audrey Barrett. The convicted murderer stayed on the lamb for several weeks before being captured to carry out his sentence for the death of Jack Tupper. The stunning tale of Jacobson’s meteoric rise and fall in horse training, and subsequent romantic involvement with someone less than half his age ending in a tragic crime of passion, had all the makings of an ill-fated contemporary melodrama, except that it occurred on a real-life stage as a sad true event.

    * * *

    In 1978, New York City rang in the New Year with Edward (Ed) Irving Koch beginning a long stint as the city’s 105th mayor. For the next two months, J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion was at the top of the New York Times bestseller list for fiction.² On May 9th, the musical, Ain’t Misbehavin’, opened at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.3 Erma Bombeck’s book, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? topped the New York Times list of nonfiction bestsellers for much of the

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