Audrey Marie Hilley, aka the 'Black Widow Killer' of Alabama, poisoned her husband, Frank Hilley, with arsenic in May 1975 and even faked her own death at one point.
, a wealthy Black businessman, land owner, and war veteran in Arkansas* who was brutally killed in June of 1954. Although the FBI opened an investigation into the crime in 2007, it was closed just five years later in 2012 after"no subjects identified.","According to his wife, Banks left home to pay some farmworkers on June 4, 1954 and never returned. Four days later, his body was discovered shot and burned beyond recognition, chained to a tree.
Although Banks' murder allegedly"received substantial publicity due to its brutality and his standing in the community" at the time, there wasn't much local investigation done because no one came forward with information. When the FBI opened a case in 2007, it was discovered that many case files had been lost due to flooding in the '70s and that the original FBI file had actually been destroyed in 1992, too. Also, because so much time had passed since the crime, they realized that people who might've had direct information about the case had since died.
*Note: I am aware Arkansas is not technically considered a part of the deep south, but this happened very close to that area and was included because it's an important story. If you or anyone you know has information on a missing person case, call local law enforcement first. You can also contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 or visit the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System site for
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