Unsolved Mysteries: Lester Eubanks

On November 14, 1965, a 14 year old girl Mary Ellen Deener was at the laundromat with her 12 year old sister Brenda, out to do their laundry. The laundromat was next to their grandmother’s house so Mary and Brenda’s mother allowed them to go out alone during that night. When Mary ran out of change she walked to another laundromat to get more coins. In that time, she was shot twice, and hit with a blunt object, causing her to die. The police managed to track down the bullet, which belonged to a man named Lester Eubanks, a man who was frequently seen around the neighborhood but was never involved in anything.

Eubanks was found guilty later on, and was sentenced with the death penalty, but later it was changed to life in prison without parole in 1972. He was a painter, and many people would take pictures with him, and soon enough he won over the guards, who allowed him in a special honors program that took inmates outside of prison. In 1793, Eubanks and 3 other prisoners were allowed on a Christmas shopping trip, but there were no guards present watching over them so they roamed free. During that time, he managed to escape. It was noticed that during Eubank’s visits, he had an alarming number of people visit him just before he managed to escape, so it is believed that this was pre-planned, and family may have been involved in his escape.

For 20 years, no one had any leads for his escape, and it was discovered he was no longer in the database, so experts had turned to television. Lester Eubanks was put on “America’s Most Wanted.” A woman watching the show called, saying she knew Eubanks, and was living with his cousin’s widow, Kay Banks. It was soon found that he no longer lived there, Banks saying he disappeared after she threatened him by saying she called the FBI.

Investigators soon talked with Eubanks father, and it seemed the father knew where he was, but he never spoke about the details. The last lead they got was a call from the father to a phone in Alabama, and they believe Eubanks may be in Alabama. No one still knows where Eubanks is, and still remains a mystery to this day.

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