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Aug 22, 1995 · Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr., who killed the mother of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a Sunday service in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta in 1974, died on Saturday at a hospital in the...
Learn about the life and crimes of Marcus W. Chenault Jr., a Black college dropout and murderer who shot Alberta King in 1974. He claimed to act out of hatred for Christianity and was sentenced to death, but later commuted to life in prison.
Jun 28, 2012 · Chenault was the gunman who killed Alberta King, the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., in 1974. He claimed to be on a mission to kill all Christians and was sentenced to life in prison.
Jul 25, 1995 · The man who gunned down Martin Luther King Jr.'s mother in a church 21 years ago has been taken off death row and resentenced to life without parole, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Marcus Wayne ...
ֶAlberta King was shot and killed on June 30, 1974, aged 69, by Marcus Wayne Chenault, a 23-year-old Black man from Ohio.
Oct 4, 2005 · Marcus Wayne Chenault, the man convicted of killing the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., died early Saturday. He was 44. Mr. Chenault, who had suffered a stroke Aug. 3, died at the Southern...
Sep 13, 1974 · Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr, 23, is convicted on Sept 12 and sentenced to die on Nov 8 in electric chair for murder of Mrs Martin Luther King Sr, mother of slain civil rights leader; after...
