Maybelle Mahone

On December 5, 1956, Maybelle Mahone, the 30-year-old, African-American victim, was fatally shot by B.T. Dukes, the then-71-year-old subject. According to witnesses, they found the subject lying in front of the fireplace in a bedroom; the victim was sitting on a bed in the same room. The victim then repeatedly asked the subject to leave. The subject then exited the house, retrieved a shotgun from his car, and shot the victim as she stood at the back door.