Merrett shot his 55-year-old mother Bertha on 17 March 1926, she died on 1 April. Charged with murder and forgery the jury returned a verdict of not proven in February 1927. In 1954 he strangled his 43-year-old wife Veronica Bonnar and drowned her 72-year-old mother Lady Mary Menzies. (16 February 1954)
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Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Sunday 30th of June 1974 (-) — Mother of Martin Luther King Alberta King is shot dead by Marcus Chenault aka . Chenault shot King with two pistols as she sat at the organ of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Chenault stated that he shot King because "all Christians are my enemies" and claimed that he had decided that black ministers were a menace to black people.