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Herbert Ray Sullivan

Case from Saint-petersburg, FL dated Aug 18, 1980

Victim Details

Herbert Ray Sullivan

Male

White / Caucasian

Saint-petersburg

FL

1980-08-18

30

Herbert

Ray Sullivan

07/23/2026

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Detective Herbert Ray Sullivan, a 30-year-old white male, was tragically killed on August 18, 1980, in Saint Petersburg, Florida. On that fateful day, Sullivan was involved in an undercover narcotics operation aimed at purchasing a kilogram of cocaine and approximately 1,000 pills for $65,000. The operation took place in the parking lot of the Save Inn at 2260 54 Avenue North. Sullivan, who had been with the St. Petersburg Police Department for six years, was waiting in his unmarked gray Chevy p ...
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