Alberta Jones managed a trust holding 15% of Muhammad Ali's boxing winnings at the height of his career — money he couldn't touch until age 35 — and anyone wanting those funds had to go through her.
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The Muhammad Ali angle is the case's most explosive thread. Alberta wasn't just Ali's first-contract negotiator — she controlled a trust holding 15% of his winnings at the height of his career, money he couldn't touch until age 35. A detective investigating the case in the 1980s reported that Ali wanted some of this money directed to the Nation of Islam, Alberta refused, and there was an argument. When the detective started pulling on this thread, his wife began receiving threats: back off or she goes in the river. He backed off. Now, Bellarmine University professor Lee Remington is the most active researcher pursuing this angle, working toward a book she says will lay out a potential money trail leading back to Alberta's killer — though no publication date has been set.
Alberta managed a trust holding 15% of Muhammad Ali's boxing winnings, money he couldn't access until age 35. She allegedly refused Ali's requests to funnel money to the Nation of Islam — and a detective investigating that angle was threatened that his wife would be put in the river if he didn't stop.
Despite a massive case file, Alberta O. Jones's murder remains unsolved after 60 years. Blood samples gone, fingerprints destroyed, a jailhouse confessor stabbed before he could talk, and a detective threatened away from the most promising lead. Someone powerful wanted this buried.
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