On the night of October 13, 1982, in Jackson, Mississippi, 34-year-old Earl Wayne Peeples and his acquaintance, 32-year-old Danny King met two men at The Other Side Lounge who had recently arrived from Florida. The group later went to Peeples’ apartment in the early hours of October 14, where the gathering turned violent. According to court testimony, the meeting was a pretext for robbery; the two strangers, Donald William Dufour and Robert Taylor, attacked Peeples and King with knives and a screwdriver, ransacked the apartment, and stole valuables including Peeples’ vehicle.

Authorities arrested Dufour in Jackson four days later and also took Taylor into custody. Prosecutors charged both men; forensic evidence and Taylor’s testimony were used at trial. A jury convicted Dufour of capital murder in Peeples’ death and recommended the death penalty. Taylor was convicted for King’s murder and also received a death sentence. Is there anyone who knew Earl Peeples or who was at The Other Side Lounge that night who can add details about the victims or the suspects?