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Heather Center

Case from Chesnee, SC dated Jul 08, 2009

Victim Details

Heather Brooke Center

Female

White / Caucasian

Chesnee

SC

2009-07-08

8

Heather

Center

07/17/2026

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In the summer of 2009, a quiet street in Chesnee, South Carolina, became the scene of a tragic and calculated act of violence that ended the life of 8-year-old Heather 'Brooke' Center. On July 8th, the young girl, a rising third-grader at Reidville Elementary School, was fatally shot four times at close range with a. 357 Magnum. The crime was not a random act of violence but a meticulously planned murder stemming from a personal vendetta.

The perpetrator was 55-year-old Ricky Lee Blackwel ...
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  • Holland & Usry, P.A.: Trial Begins for Spartanburg Murder of an 8-Year-Old Girl
  • After four years, child murder case still on hold - GoUpstate
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    Does anyone else think how deeply unsettling it is that Rickey Lee Blackwell Sr. was willing to carr... ...Read More
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the courage of Heather's family, especially during the trial. The w... ...Read More
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