On September 10, 1988, 78-year-old African American woman Mattie Mae McClendon was found dead in her home in Atlanta, Georgia. Her body was discovered lying on her bed, covered by a sheet. At first glance, there were no obvious signs of foul play, but an autopsy later revealed that she had been sexually assaulted and died from asphyxiation. The medical examiner determined that she had been manually strangled, and her face had been pressed into a pillow, which ultimately caused her death. The att
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