Shirley and Gloria King Crimeline

October 4, 1943: James Donald King was born in Greensboro, NC.

April 15, 1945: Shirley Harris was born in Greensboro, NC.

March 12, 1956: Gloria Cornelius Underwood was born in Greensboro, NC.

 

April 12, 1963: Shirley Harris and Donald King got married.

April 8, 1967: Shirley King was murdered by her husband Donald.

June 26, 1967: Donald King wrote an incriminating letter to Shirley King's mother Isabella.

Donald King’s letter to Shirley King’s mother, Isabella Harris.

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Donald King’s letter to Shirley King’s mother, Isabella Harris.

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Donald King’s letter to Shirley King’s mother, Isabella Harris.

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October 2, 1967: Donald King's trial began.

October 4, 1967: Donald suddenly pleaded guilty after being confronted with the letter.

March 9, 1971: James Donald King escaped from a roadside chain gang.

March 20, 1980: Donald King was arrested outside his work in Boston after 9 years and 11 days on the run.

Donald King’s wanted poster

April 21, 1983: James Donald King was paroled from prison after only serving 6 years of a life sentence.

June 9, 1986: Donald King married Gloria Cornelius Underwood.

Gloria Underwood King in an undated photo

September 11, 1988: Gloria King was shot and left for dead outside an elementary school.

September 15, 1988: Donald King's car was found abandoned with evidence left behind.

June 13, 1997: James Donald King was caught after nearly 9 years on the run.

Photo of Donald King used in AMW and Unsolved Mysteries segments while he was on the run

October 26, 1998: Donald King's capital murder trial for Gloria King's shooting death began.

Nov 23, 1998: A jury sent Donald King to death row. 

July 31, 2013: James Donald King died at the age of 69, ending his lengthy appeals. 

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