White Socialite Hacked Her Mother to Death—and Tried to Blame a Black Man

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When Mississippi socialite Idella Thompson was brutally murdered in 1948, her daughter Ruth pointed the finger of suspicion at a Black man. But Ruth was convicted of the crime.

Link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ruth-thompson-dickins-hacked-her-mother-to-death-and-tried-to-blame-a-black-man