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Anna Brantley

Case from Paducah, KY dated Jul 22, 1981

Victim Details

Anna Brantley

December 21, 2022

Female

Unknown

Paducah

KY

1981-07-22

74

Anna

Brantley

07/08/2026


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Do you know who murdered 74 year old Anna Williams Brantley in 1981?
In the summer of 1981, the quiet life of 74-year-old Anna Williams Brantley came to a brutal and tragic end in her Paducah, Kentucky, home. Sometime during the overnight hours between June 21st and June 22nd, an intruder entered her residence at 410 South 22nd Street, where she was assaulted and murdered. The grim discovery was made on the morning of June 22nd by one of her sons.

The nature of the assault on the elderly woman sent a wave of concern through the community and law enforcemen ...
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