Herman Tucker
Herman Tucker | |
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Late 1964 mugshot of Tucker | |
| Born | September 2, 1928 |
| Died | March 14, 2001 (aged 72) Neshoba County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Heavy equipment operator, truck driver |
| Criminal status | Acquitted |
| Spouse | Catherine Tucker |
| Criminal charge | Conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate |
Herman Tucker (September 2, 1928 – March 14, 2001) was an American truck driver and heavy equipment operator from Neshoba County, Mississippi who was implicated in the murder of three civil rights workers in June 1964. Prosecutors alleged that Tucker used a bulldozer to bury the bodies of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in an earthen dam on Olen Burrage's farm. A jury acquitted Tucker in 1967.