On the night of August 11, 1967, 29-year-old William Joseph Micke Jr., a white male, was tragically shot and killed in his Savannah, Georgia home. Micke, a Coast Guard Petty Officer, had just returned home to his wife and five children. After going to bed around midnight, he was awakened by strange noises coming from the kitchen. Investigating the disturbance, Micke encountered William Henry Furman, a 25-year-old African American male, who had broken into the house with the intent to burglarize
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