Heartland Homicide is described by Discovery ID as after beloved custodian James Mayberry is found stabbed to death in his Wichita home, the folks of the Midwestern town are in shock. Detectives are stumped until a break comes faster than a prairie tornado that pins down the heartless killer. The case went cold until DNA linked Paul Drayton to the murder. He was tried and convicted.
Paul Drayton was released from the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility on May 30, 2002. That same day he visited a friend, James Mayberry. After the two men engaged in sexual relations, Drayton discarded his condom in a trash can in Mayberry's bathroom.
The next day, a large blue plastic grocery/trash bag was found by the Magetti family near their curb in Wichita, approximately 2 to 3 miles from Mayberry's house. While they first saw it as they were leaving for work at approximately 8 a.m., they did not look more closely until returning home at approximately 4 p.m. Upon seeing the contents, the Magettis called the police.
The police found that the bag contained two knives with dried blood, wadded bloody paper towels, a used condom, and a wallet containing Mayberry's driver's license but no money. The police then went to Mayberry's house. They found no sign of forced entry but did find Mayberry nude, bloodied, and dead in his bed, with multiple wounds to his neck and chest. In the bedroom was a box of condoms and a roll of paper towels, like those found in the grocery/trash bag. The police noted that Mayberry's van was missing, which they later found-with the key in the ignition-a few blocks from the Magettis' house. The van had been seen there with its lights on as early as 4 a.m. that day by a neighborhood resident.
You can write to Paul Drayton at:
Saguaro Correctional Center
1252 E. Arica Road
Eloy, AZ 85131
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