Trial of the Missing Jacksons: Witness Takes Stand in Bizarre Abduction Case

February 3, 1961, marked a pivotal day in the trial of Nefelyin D. Rees Jr., the 32-year-old music teacher accused of kidnapping the Jackson family. At the Washington, D.C. courthouse, a music store operator took the stand, recounting his interactions with Rees, who had worked for him from late August 1958 until the end of January 1959. The witness testified that Rees had been a satisfactory music teacher, but his demeanor was about to take a drastic turn.

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