Rebecca died when her clothes accidentally caught fire near a fireplace, but her son, Thomas Cornell, Junior, was later convicted using circumstantial evidence as well as spectral evidence, where witnesses recounted dreams involving ghosts pointing to his alleged guilt. Elaine Froman Crane examined the case in depth in her 2002 book, Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell.
Rebecca died when her clothes accidentally caught fire near a fireplace, but her son, Thomas Cornell, Junior, was later convicted using circumstantial evidence as well as spectral evidence, where witnesses recounted dreams involving ghosts pointing to his alleged guilt. Elaine Froman Crane examined the case in depth in her 2002 book, Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell.