Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Murder (gunshot wound of head)
• Occupation: Maid
• Research Notes: Death certificate gives birthplace as Reusens, Virginia. This was a community along the James River northwest of Lynchburg (and administratively within the City of Lynchburg).
• Census: 1930, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1935, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
• Census: 1940, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
• Residence: Mar 1951, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Killed in a murder-suicide by a rejected suitor, Robert Leon King. King killed Aleatha with two gunshots to the head in the home of the Pearson family, where she was employed as a maid. He then returned to his own home and killed himself using natural gas.

Birth:
Reusens

Census:
2353 Arsenal Avenue

Residence:
1222 Cornell Avenue, Apt 14

Census:
1222 Cornell Avenue, Apt 14

Residence:
1222 Cornell Avenue

Died:
4250 N. Illinois

Aleatha married Charles LaVohn Bruce on 20 Dec 1922 in Marion County, Indiana, USA, and was divorced. Charles (son of Charles Alexander Bruce and Virginia Combs) was born on 7 Jun 1900 in Ohio, USA; died on 15 Oct 1968 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; was buried on 19 Oct 1968 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]