The Distinguished Professor With a Murderous Past
Professor St. James was a teen when he murdered his parents and sister in cold blood
In 2013, James St. James was a professor and department head of psychology at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. He was well-respected at the university and was distinguished in his field. However, no one knew that he was hiding a deep and dark secret.
In 1967, St. James had murdered his parents and sister as a teenager. The secret was outed when reporters at the Georgetown Advocate tracked him down and connected him to the murders.
How could such an esteemed and award-winning professor of psychology be a murderer and how did he even get to become a professor?
The teen who murdered his family
St. James was actually born as James Gordon Wolcott. His parents were Gordon and Elizabeth Wolcott and he had one older sister, Libby.
In 1967, St. James was 15 years old and living in a small town in Texas called Georgetown. His father was a biology professor at the local university. His family was well-known and respected in the town.
St. James and his sister, Libby, age 17, went to Georgetown High School. Both were good students. His sister was…
