Henry Clayton was 35 and African American when he was killed on July 27, 1977, in Carol City, Florida. He was one of six people shot in the head and killed after a group of perpetrators entered a reputed drug house, tied up eight people and executed them. The attack was part of the Carol City murders, at the time the largest mass murder in Miami-Dade County history.

Authorities identified John Errol Ferguson and his accomplices Marvin Francois and Beauford White as responsible for the killings; the three were later tried and convicted for their roles. Reports describe a pattern of violent crimes by the perpetrators, including murders, rapes and robberies, and psychiatrists who examined Ferguson characterized him as dangerous and homicidal.

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