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Aurelius Turner

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Dec 09, 1934

Victim Details

Aurelius B. Turner

Male

Black / African American

Cleveland

OH

1934-12-09

Aurelius

Turner

07/09/2026

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Aurelius B. Turner, a 29-year-old African American man from Cleveland, Mississippi, was brutally murdered on December 9, 1934. Turner was killed in his home by Alonzo Robinson, also known as James H. Coyner, who was a 39-year-old African American man with a disturbing history of criminal behavior. Robinson had previously served time in Indiana for grave robbing and was suspected of other murders.

On the night of the murder, Turner was sitting in a chair reading a newspaper when Robinson a ...
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