Imfihlakalo engakaxazululwa: Ukunyamalala amakhaza kukaMary Shotwell Little

Ngo-1965, uMary Shotwell Little oneminyaka engu-25 wayesebenza njengonobhala eCitizens & Southern Bank e-Atlanta, eGeorgia, futhi wayesanda kushada nomyeni wakhe, uRoy Little. Ngo-Okthoba 14, wavele wanyamalala ngemuva kwamasonto ayisithupha nje eshadile, washiya umkhondo wezinkomba ezithandekayo nezinkomba ezibandayo. Namuhla, ukunyamalala kukaMary Shotwell Little kusalokhu kungenye yezimfihlakalo zobugebengu ezesabekayo emlandweni okusamele zixazululwe.

Imfihlakalo Engakaxazululwa: Ukunyamalala Okupholile kukaMary Shotwell Little
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Ukunyamalala kukaMary Shotwell Kancane

UMary Shotwell Little
UMary Shotwell Kancane © Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Isizinda Somphakathi

Ngo-Okthoba 14, 1965, ngenkathi umyeni wakhe uRoy engekho edolobheni, uMary wayedla isidlo sakusihlwa nalowo ayesebenza naye ePiccadilly Cafeteria eLenox Square Shopping Centre, wabe eseyothenga amahora ambalwa, watshela umngani wakhe ubusuku obuhle ngabo-8: 00 PM, waya emotweni yakhe eyayimile, eyi-grey yango-1965 iMercury Comet.

Ngenkathi uMary engafikanga emsebenzini ekuseni ngakusasa futhi engatholakali ekhaya, umphathi wakhe, uGene Rackley, wafonela iLenox Square Shopping Centre ebuza ukuthi iMercury Comet yakhe ipakwe yini lapho, kodwa bathi abayitholi.

Kuthe ngezikhathi zasemini, uRackley waziyela yena enxanxatheleni yezitolo wazitholela iMercury Comet endaweni yokupaka izimoto, wabe esebika amaphoyisa. Manje, kuzoba nemininingwane eminingi engajwayelekile ezungeze ukunyamalala kukaMary.

Izinkomba Eziyinqaba Zokunyamalala KukaMariya

Izingubo zangaphansi zabesifazane, isiliphu nebhande bekugoqwe kahle ngaphakathi kweComet. Ubhodisi wayelele ebhodini phansi eceleni kwesitokisi esasisikwe ngommese. Izikhiye zemoto kaMary, isikhwama semali nazo zonke izingubo zakhe bekungatholakali ndawo.

Imfihlakalo Engakaxazululwa: Ukunyamalala Okupholile kukaMary Shotwell Little
Abaseshi behlola i-Mary's Comet. © Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Isizinda Esisesidlangalaleni

Kwakunemikhondo yegazi ezingutsheni zangaphansi nakuyo yonke imoto - amawindi, ifasitela langaphambili, izihlalo, kanye neminwe engaziwa egazini elisesiteringini. Kodwa-ke, inani legazi lalilincane ngokwanele ukusikisela ukuthi laliqhamuke entweni encane njengekhala elikhala. Ipuleti lezincwadi belishintshiwe nenye imoto eyebiwe.

URoy Little ugcine izingodo ezinemininingwane ye-Comet futhi ngemuva kokuziqhathanisa ne-odometer, abaphenyi balinganisela ukuthi kwakungamamayela angama-41 angenakubalwa. Abekho ofakazi abakhumbulayo bebona imoto imile eLenox Square ebusuku, kubalwa nephoyisa ebelizulazula lapho kupakwa khona izimoto ngo-6: 00 ekuseni ngakusasa.

Abaphenyi bathole ukuthi ikhadi likaMary likaphethiloli lasetshenziswa kabili eNorth Carolina ngo-Okthoba 15. Ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwenzeka ngezikhathi zasekuseni eCharlotte - okwenzeka kwaba yidolobha lakubo lokuqala likaMary - kanti okwesibili kwenzeka emahoreni angu-12 kamuva eRaleigh. Iziliphu zesikweletu zisayinwe “Nkk. Roy H. Little Jr ”kulokho okwakubonakala kuwumbhalo wesandla kaMary.

Kuzona zozimbili lezi zinhlaka, osebenza egaraji likaphethiloli ukhumbule ebona owesimame ofana nencazelo kaMary owayegwema ukuthintana naye ngqo futhi wabonakala elapha ikhanda lakhe. Ubephelezelwa ngumuntu wesilisa ongaziwa eCharlotte nabesilisa ababili abangaziwa eRaleigh, ababebonakala bemlawula kakhulu.

Ngokumangazayo, yize lokhu kubonwa kwenzeka ngaphandle kwamahora ayi-12, ukusuka eCharlotte kuya eRaleigh kuthatha amahora angaphansi kwamathathu. Manje, abaphenyi babheka umyeni kaMary, uRoy Little, owayebonakala engakhathazeki ngokweqile ngokunyamalala komkakhe futhi wenqaba ukwenza umhlola wokuthola amanga.

Abanye babangani bakaMary babengamthandi uRoy futhi benqaba ukuya emshadweni wabo, kepha uMary wayehlale enikeza umbono wokuthi ujabulile ngomshado wakhe. URoy wayene-alibi enamandla kusukela wayengaphandle kwe-Atlanta ngobusuku bokunyamalala kukaMary futhi njengoba naye wayengenayo inhloso enengqondo, wakhishwa njengomsolwa.

Ongaziwa Ngakolunye uhlangothi

Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, uRoy wathola ucingo lwentela olungaziwa olwalufuna u- $ 20,000 ukubuya kukaMary. Oshayele ucingo utshele uRoy ukuthi aye endaweni eyeqile ePisgah National Forest eNorth Carolina, lapho kuzothunyelwa khona eminye imiyalelo esibhalweni. Umenzeli we-FBI ungene endaweni kaRoy wafica iphepha elingenalutho linamathiselwe kulolu phawu. Oshaya ucingo akazange esazwakala futhi.

Ngokusho kwabanye babangani bakaMary, emasontweni adlule ngokunyamalala kwakhe, ubethola izingcingo lapho esebenza khona ezamshiya ebonakala ethukile. Kwesinye isenzakalo, uMary wezwa ezwa ucingo: “Sengingowesifazane oshadile manje. Ungaya kwami ​​noma nini lapho uthanda khona, kodwa angikwazi ukuza lapho. ” UMary futhi uthole ama-roses ayishumi nambili efulethini lakhe kumuntu othanda imfihlo ongaziwa, kepha akakaze atshele umyeni wakhe ngalokhu.

Ingabe indawo kaMariya yokusebenzela yayibandakanyeka ekunyamalaleni kwakhe nganoma iyiphi indlela?

Ngaphezu kwalokho, iCitizens & Southern Bank ibisanda kuqasha umuntu owayeyinxusa le-FBI ukuthi aphenye izingqinamba ezingaba khona zokuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili kwabobulili obufanayo ezenzweni zasebhange. Umphathi kaMary, uGene Rackley, ugcizelele ukuthi lokhu bekuyihlazo elincane elithinta abasebenzi abasezingeni eliphansi nokuthi yena ubengazi ngalokhu, kepha abanye bathi uMary ubekhulume ngophenyo kubo.

Ngaphandle kwalezi zinkinga, osebenza noMary wathi ubonakala ejabule lapho bedla isidlo sakusihlwa ndawonye ngobusuku aduka ngabo.

Umuntu Onentshisekelo

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokunyamalala kukaMary, kwaqhamuka owesifazane wabika ukuthi uhlaselwe yindoda enabasebenzi abansundu endaweni yokupaka izimoto yaseLenox Square kusihlwa ngo-Okthoba 14. Lo mlisa wangqongqoza ewindini lemoto yakhe emtshela ukuthi isondo langemuva beliphansi, okuvele ukuthi kungamanga. Lesi sigameko senzeke emizuzwini embalwa ngaphambi kokuthi uMary agcine ukubonakala ehamba eya emotweni yakhe.

Izimangalo Zesiboshwa Ejele Lombuso laseGeorgia

Ngo-1966, i-FBI yaxoxa nesiboshwa saseGeorgia State Prison esidonsa isigwebo sikadilikajele ngokubulala, esathi sazi amadoda amabili akhokhelwa u- $ 5,000 lilinye ukuze athumbe uMary. Bamyisa endlini eMount Holly, eNorth Carolina lapho uMary ayeboshwe khona futhi wabulawa.

Lesi siboshwa sithi asinalo ulwazi lokuthi ubani oqashe la madoda amabili noma ukuthi iyini inhloso. I-FBI yehlisile indaba yale ndoda futhi ayizange iyithole ithembekile, kepha abaphenyi bamacala abandayo babuye bayibuyekeza eminyakeni edlule.

Elinye Icala Lingaba Omunye Umkhondo!

Kwenzeka ngengozi noma ukudalelwa, owesifazane owathatha umsebenzi kaMary ebhange naye wagcina esesisulu sokubulawa okungakaxazululwa! NgoMeyi 19, 1967, uDiane Shields oneminyaka engu-22, owayesanda kusuka ebhange futhi esebenza omunye umsebenzi, washiya indawo ayesebenza kuyo, kodwa watholakala eshonile esiqwini semoto yakhe ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa.

UDiane Shields ngandlela-thile walandela ezinyathelweni zikaMary Shotwell Little, wabe esetholakala ebulewe.
UDiane Shields ngandlela-thile walandela ezinyathelweni zikaMary Shotwell Little, wabe esetholakala ebulewe.

UDiane ubeklinwe ngesikhathi isikhafu nephepha elivela encwadini yezingcingo kudonswa emphinjeni. UDiane akazange ahlukunyezwe ngokocansi futhi akukho okuntshontshiwe kuye, okubalwa nendandatho yakhe yokubandakanya idayimane, ngakho-ke imbangela yokubulawa kwakhe ibingakaziwa.

Ngokusho komngani omkhulu kaDiane, uDiane wayemtshele ukuthi wayesebenza ngokufihla namaphoyisa ukuwasiza ukuxazulula ukunyamalala kowesifazane ogama lakhe lingu "Mary", kodwa alikho irekhodi lamaphoyisa elisemthethweni elike lakuqinisekisa lokhu.