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John Henry Watson

Death by Force
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John Henry Watson, a 70-year-old African American man, was brutally murdered on June 22, 1992, in Newton County, Georgia. The investigation revealed that Watson had been beaten in the head and shot four times. The motive behind this heinous crime was robbery, as the perpetrator, Brian Keith Terrell, had forged approximately $8,000 in checks from Watson's bank account prior to the murder. Terrell, who had been released on parole just two months before the incident, was arrested on the same day of ...Read More
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    • Victim Details

    John Henry Watson

    Male

    Black / African American

    Newton

    GA

    1992-06-22

    70

    John

    Henry Watson

    11/11/2025

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