Grand jury finds no true bill in jockey murder case
A Jefferson Parish grand jury, looking into the slaying of a young jockey in 1974, concluded their investigation in 1982 without indicting the two men police charged with the slaying of 19-year-old James Sibille. New Orleans Assistant District Attorney William Hall, who presented testimony about the case, said the grand jury hoped to continue the matter in two weeks, but no further prosecution took place, and in 2021, the case officially remains unsolved.
Jefferson Downs jockey murder still a mystery
Two nights before his death, Jimmy Sibille of Sunset, Louisiana, riding a horse called Joe Top, became the last jockey to win a night race at the Jefferson Downs track. Kleindorf found Jimmy on his back in bed, his head covered in blood with a .22-caliber revolver laying across his chest. “My God,” Kleindorf said to LeBlanc and the girls as he backed out the door, “He’s shot himself.”