In November 1965, 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener was brutally murdered in Mansfield, Ohio.
: In December 1973, prison officials remarkably allowed Eubanks and several other inmates to go Christmas shopping at a mall in Columbus, Ohio, entirely unsupervised . [S2E3] Death Row Fugitive
: Mary Ellen had gone to a local laundromat to get quarters when she was abducted, shot twice, and beaten to death. In November 1965, 14-year-old Mary Ellen Deener was
: Lester Eubanks , who had a prior history of sexual offenses, confessed to the crime and was sentenced to death. In November 1965
Eubanks became a "model prisoner" to gain entry into an honor program.