What eve happened to the woman Sam Cooke was with the night he was killed?

The woman Sam Cooke was with the night he was killed was Bertha Franklin, the manager of the motel where the incident occurred. After Cooke was shot on December 11, 1964, by Franklin, she claimed it was in self-defense, asserting that he had attempted to assault her. Franklin faced no charges, and the case was ruled justifiable homicide, but the circumstances surrounding Cooke's death remain controversial and debated. Subsequently, she continued her life but mostly stayed out of the public eye.