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Bernard Abell

Case from Louisville, KY dated Jan 11, 2015

Victim Details

Bernard Abell

September 6, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Louisville

KY

2015-01-11

2015-01-11

75

Bernard R. Abell Jr.

Bernard

Abell

07/16/2026


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An elderly man is found dead in his home; autopsy reveals it was a homicide
In the quiet neighborhood of Iroquois in South Louisville, 75-year-old Bernard Abell was found dead in his home on Southland Terrace on a Sunday morning in January 2015. What was initially treated as a death investigation took a darker turn when the coroner's autopsy revealed the cause of death to be blunt force trauma, leading police to rule it a homicide. Abell, a retired mechanic and a native of Marengo, Indiana, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 10 a.m.

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  • Police rule homicide in elderly man's death; victim identified - WHAS11
  • Police: Man killed 2 before committing suicide - Louisville - WLKY
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