Chenault shot and killed Alberta Williams King, the mother of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., in 1974 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. He claimed he was on a mission to. Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr, 23, is convicted on Sept 12 and sentenced to die on Nov 8 in electric chair for murder of Mrs Martin Luther King Sr, mother of slain civil rights. It was this kind of philosophy that put Marcus Wayne Chenault on the road to Atlanta and tragedy. From interviews with scores of relatives, friends, schoolmates and neighbors, a.
It was this kind of philosophy that put Marcus Wayne Chenault on the road to Atlanta and tragedy. From interviews with scores of relatives, friends, schoolmates and neighbors, a. The appellant, Marcus Wayne Chenault, was indicted on July 9, 1974, by a Fulton County Grand Jury for the murders of Mrs. Alberta King and Deacon Edward Boykin, for aggravated assault.