Hollis Dupree is an unseen character in Mafia III.
History[]
Background[]
Hollis Dupree is a military veteran who served in World War II and the Korean War. He currently resides in Southdowns.
Crime[]
Sometime in 1968, Hollis Dupree murdered two African-American men, Lamont Harris, aged 24, and Trey McCall, aged 25, when they knocked on Dupree's front door seeking help with a flat tire. Dupree claims that he was just defending his home, thinking they were there to kill him, however an inspection of Trey McCall's vehicle showed tire damage and an autopsy of Lamont Harris revealed he had gunshot wounds in his back. The New Bordeaux Police Department initially considered the incident to be self defense, but pressure from civil rights groups and growing national attention on the case prompted the district attorney to prepare charges against Dupree. He was arrested by the NBPD, then bailed out shortly afterwards. As Dupree was awaiting trial, he was invited onto the Native Son radio show to share his side of the story.
Trial[]
Cornelius Holden was the presiding judge over his trial, and he intended to acquit Dupree of the charges, since despite the evidence against his story of self defense, he thought that a white man should have the right to defend his home. After Holden's subsequent assassination, a mistrial was declared. The district attorney decided against reinstating the charges against Dupree, due to lack of evidence.
Appearances[]
Mafia III[]
- Native Son (Interviewed)
- New Bordeaux News (Mentioned)
- The Poor Sumbitch (Mentioned)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- McCall and Harris were both Vietnam war veterans, and Lamont Harris has a juvenile criminal record.
- It is revealed during his appearance on Remy Duvall's Native Son radio program on WBYU that Dupree openly harbors racist views. He claims that he believed Trey McCall and Lamont Harris to be Lincoln Clay after hearing about his recent crimes in the news and refers to him with a racial slur on the air. Ironically, he is reprimanded for making such a remark by Remy Duvall, who is later revealed to show a much worse outlook. Dupree apologizes on air for killing the two men, though the reason unknown.