Vintage News: King heir died in bombing death
One, if not the most iconic landmark home in Manchester is the Tudor-style King house that overlooks the Jail Hill retaining wall on Highway 41, near City Hall. As interesting as the historic near-6,400 sq. ft. home is the story of a Belle Meade heir and her murder by bomb blast in October 1985. According to a news stories at the time, Melba Lapidusâ death started one more dispute into the inheritance of the estate. The story goes back to David King leaving his native Russia as a teen to immigrate to the area and open a business in hardware in the early 1900s. It was a profitable busine...