On August 21, 1981, a horrific series of events unfolded in Indianapolis, Indiana, culminating in one of the city's deadliest instances of domestic violence. Bertha Mae Kirby Bell, a 26-year-old Black female, was the primary target of a calculated rampage orchestrated by her estranged husband, King Edward Bell. The couple had separated after eleven years of marriage, a split marked by intense acrimony and jealousy. King Bell, described as a deeply religious man who was struggling with the separa
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