'20/20' explores a cold-blooded murder, and the hunt to find the killer.
Lita McClinton was killed in 1987 in the affulent Atlanta suburb of Buckhead, Georgia.On a chilly January morning in Atlanta, Lita McClinton Sullivan answered her doorbell and found a delivery person at the front door holding a white box with a large pink bow.
The story of Lita McClinton Sullivan’s murder will be featured in a new “20/20” episode, “A Puzzling Murder,” airing tonight on ABC at 9 p.m. and streaming on Hulu. “He showered her with gifts and took her out for fancy dinners and dancing . . . just completely showered her with attention,” said Deb Miller Landau, author of the new book, “A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton.”To many, their interracial relationship seemed unlikely, and McClinton Sullivan’s parents were concerned. The McClintons worried about how the world would view the couple and the impact of racial differences.
“It was just incredibly rare to see an interracial couple, let alone an interracial marriage, in the South,” Landau told ABC News.On the eve of their wedding, Sullivan asked McClinton to sign a prenuptial agreement.The agreement was straightforward: if the marriage ended, Sullivan would keep all his assets, while McClinton would be given $2,500 a month for three years.
McClinton Sullivan, who had a lingering suspicion Sullivan had been unfaithful, alleged that she once found lingerie in their bedroom. Over the course of several years, authorities conducted an extensive investigation into the McClinton Sullivan case. In 1992, Sullivan stood trial in federal court after being charged with conspiring to have McClinton Sullivan killed. The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence, and Sullivan was acquitted.
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