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Richard Slysz

Case from Thomasville, GA dated Apr 10, 1994

Victim Details

Richard Slysz

Male

White / Caucasian

Thomasville

GA

1994-04-10

50

Richard

Slysz

07/18/2026

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In the early morning hours of April 10, 1994, Richard Slysz, a 50-year-old male, was shot and killed during a robbery at the Junior Food Store in Thomasville, Georgia, where he worked as a clerk. Two men, Ray Jefferson Cromartie and Corey Clark, entered the store while a third, Thaddeus Lucas, waited in a car. Inside the store, Slysz was shot twice in the head. The assailants were unable to open the cash register and fled with two 12-packs of beer.

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