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Thomas Golden Payton III, a 41-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically died on July 27, 2011, in Cambridge, Ohio. The circumstances surrounding his death involved a complex marital triangle. Payton and his wife were reportedly separated at the time. The accused murderer, Pet Tompkins, who was 30 years old and also African American, allegedly shot Payton with a shotgun on a Cambridge street. Tompkins was on parole from the Ohio penitentiary, where he had been serving a sentence fo ...Read More
Victim Details

Thomas Golden Payton lll

Male

Black / African American

Cambridge

OH

2011-07-27

41

Thomas

Golden Payton lll

11/27/2025