Ngo-Mashi 3, 2008, kwatholakala isimo esabekayo endaweni yaseBinghampton yaseMemphis, eTennessee. Ngemva kokuthola ucingo oluvela esihlotsheni esithintekayo, amaphoyisa aseMemphis angena ekhaya e-722 Lester Street ukuhlola abantu abahlala kuwo. Lokho abakutholile kwakumangalisa, ngisho nasezikhulwini ezinomlando. Izidumbu zabantu abayisithupha, kusukela eminyakeni emibili kuya ku-33, zahlakazeka kulo lonke indlu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ezinye izingane ezintathu zitholakale zilimale kabi.
Ngokushesha izisulu zokubulala zizobonakala ngokuthi:
- UCecil Dotson, oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala
- UCecil Dotson II, oneminyaka engu-2
- UCemario Dotson, oneminyaka engu-4
- Shindri Roberson, oneminyaka engu-22
- U-Hollis Seals, oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala
- UMarissa Williams, oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala
Abalimele baboniswa ngokuthi:
- UCecil Dotson, Jr., oneminyaka engu-9
- UCedric Dotson, oneminyaka engu-5
- Ceniyah Dotson, izinyanga ezingu-4
Nakuba kuthatha isikhathi esithile ukuhlunga, imibiko ye-autopsy ekugcineni yabonisa ukuthi izisulu ezikhulile zadutshulwa kaningi ngenkathi izingane zigwazwa izikhathi eziningi futhi zihlukunyezwa kabi enhloko. Izisulu ezisekhona ziphinde zithole amanxeba okugwaza, omunye wabo atholakale enomese esenekhanda lakhe.
Njengoba umphakathi uvuselelekile ngenxa yokwethuka kokutholakala, amahemuhemu aqala ukugijima ngokuphathelene nesisusa esingenzeka kanye nomenzi wobugebengu obunjalo. Kwaphela izinsuku eziningana, ukuvumelanisa ngokujwayelekile ukuthi ukubulawa kumele kube ukuhlobene nezigebengu. Phela, ubani ozobe ehlaselwa ekuhlukunyezweni okunjalo?
Ngalesi sigameko sokucabangela engqondweni, bekuphazamiseka ikakhulu lapho amaphoyisa ememezela ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ukubulala ababesebenzile futhi bamangalela uJessie Dotson, oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala ngobugebengu.
UJessie Dotson wayengumfowabo omdala wesisulu uCecil Dotson. UJessie naye wayengumalume wabo bonke abahlanu abahilelekile. Ngokusho kwe-akhawunti yomunye wabasolwa abasolwa ngokubulala nokuzivuma kukaDotson, uqobo lwakhe, uJessie wadubula uCecil ngesikhathi sokuphikisana. Wabe esezama ukubulala wonke umuntu endlini ukuze aqede noma yibuphi ubufakazi.
Uphenyo lokubulawa kweLester Street luvezwe embukisweni we-A & E, The First 48 . Ukuvuma kukaDotson kwaphinde kwavela phakathi nalesi siqephu. Ukubulawa kwahlanganiswa nabezindaba kazwelonke ngezinga elithile.
UJessie Dotson utholakale enecala lokubulala ngokubulala ngo-Okthoba 2010 eMemphis. Wagwetshwa isigwebo sokufa.
Kubuyekezwe ngoMashi 2017