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{{Villain Infobox |Image = John White Webster.gif |fullname = John White Webster |alias = Sky-rocket Jack |origin = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |occupation = Lecturer at Harvard University |skills = Chemistry skills |goals = Rid himself of debt by killing George Parkman |crimes = [[Murder]]}} '''John White Webster''' (May 20, 1793 - August 30, 1850) was an American professor of chemistry and lecturer at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1849 he was accused of the murder of businessman George Parkman in the sensational Parkman-Webster murder case, one of the first cases in history in which forensic evidence was used to identify a body. Webster was found guilty and hanged in 1850.
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