Ruby mccollum born ruby jackson august 31 1909 may 23 1992 was a wealthy married african american woman in live oak florida who is known for being arrested and convicted in 1952 for killing dr.
Today loretta mccollum ruby mccollum children.
After the shooting ruby mccollum put her nickel plated smith wesson away locked up his office and walked to her 1951 two toned blue chrysler.
Ruby mccollum was born in zuber fla.
Loretta mccollum the alleged illegitimate child of dr.
And was the second of six children.
What she did in the time between is anyone s guess.
Sam mccollum jr the son of ruby and her husband who resided in his childhood home until his death in december 2014 declined to meet with the film crew not wanting to talk about his mother.
When the couple moved to fort myers fla sam became involved with his brother s racketeering business thus gaining the name bolita sam.
Ruby mccollum murdered dr.
She parked walked in the colored entrance and through the office waiting room.
Petersberg times december 10 1973.
Ruby stated that over a period he had repeatedly forced her to submit to sex and that her youngest child loretta was fathered by.
Leroy adams a prominent white doctor and state senator elect the judge restricted her testimony but she did testify as to their sexual relationship and his paternity of her child.
In 1952 the community of live oak fla.
The mysterious case of ruby mccollum and the shooting of dr c.
Ruby mccollum s fate is mulled st.
On august 3 1952 ruby mccollum met dr.
Leroy adams continues to baffle people to this day.
Ruby was tried found guilty imprisoned and lost her mind there and was removed to a mental health facility.
As is the location and occupations of those children.
Psychiatrists report woman slayer insane daytona beach morning journal september 24 1954.
She married sam mccollum in 1929.
Clifford leroy adams and shot him four times with a revolver.
Arthur ellis jr and leslie e.
On a sunday morning august 3 1952 ruby mccollum who was the richest african american woman in suwannee county and had grown up in marion county walked into the office of sainted white physician dr.
What happened to loretta mccollum.
She then drove to the office of clifford leroy adams a prominent white doctor and state senator elect.
It happened in live oak a small farming town in north florida.
On august 3 1952 mccollum shot and killed state senator elect dr.
On the quiet sunday morning of august 3 1952 ruby mccollum the richest black woman in the town of live oak florida put two of her children in the backseat of her blue chrysler.
The strange case of ruby mccollum.
The true crime story that shook the foundations of the segregationist south.
The trial of ruby mccollum.
Leroy adams a white physician and state senator elect in his office.
Simpson murder trial 43 years later.
She later admitted to shooting him four times in the chest after he wouldn t agree to leave her alone.
This shooting was as noted in african america as the o j.
