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Maybelle Hudson

Case from Los Angeles, CA dated Apr 03, 1976

Victim Details

Maybelle Hudson

Female

Black / African American

Los Angeles

CA

1976-04

80

Maybelle

Hudson

07/11/2026

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Maybelle Hudson, an 80-year-old African American woman, was found dead in her garage in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, in April 1976. She had returned home from choir practice when she was brutally attacked. The elderly woman was beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled. Her death shocked the local community and remained unsolved for decades, leaving her family and investigators without answers.

The case was eventually linked to a man named John Floyd Thomas Jr., an African A ...
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  • A Cold Case Gets Hot: Is This L.A.'s Westside Rapist? | TIME
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