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Richard Jewell

Case from Louisville, KY dated Nov 27, 2019

Victim Details

Richard Jewell

January 16, 2023

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2019-11-27

2019-11-27

58

Richard

Jewell

07/14/2026


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In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, a sense of loss fell over a Louisville, Kentucky community. Richard Lee Jewell, a 58-year-old Black/African American man known to many as "Big Rick," passed away in late November 2019. Born in Louisville on Christmas Day in 1960, he was a man who found joy in music and had a particular fondness for his Cadillacs. Described as a jokester, his presence brought laughter to those who knew him.

The circumstances surrounding his death, however, cast a dar ...
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