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Unsolved homicide

Killing of James Gillespie

Year
1991
Where
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Source
Ohio Attorney General
Evidence
1
What the record says

James Gillespie was killed in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, on December 22, 1991. The Ohio Attorney General lists this as an unsolved homicide, case number 496.

From the Ohio Attorney General’s unsolved homicide database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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