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Patrick Russell Kappus

Case from Brunswick, GA dated May 01, 1989

Victim Details

Patrick Russell Kappus

Male

White / Caucasian

Brunswick

GA

1989-05-01

40

Patrick

Russell Kappus

07/14/2026

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In the early morning hours of May 1, 1989, in Brunswick, Georgia, the life of 40-year-old Patrick Russell Kappus, a male, came to a violent and tragic end. Neighbors reported hearing a single gunshot around 7:00 a.m., followed by the sound of a man yelling, and then three more shots. The horrifying discovery of Patrick's body, alongside that of his 15-year-old daughter Emma, would later be made in a shed on their property, concealed beneath a mattress. Both had been fatally shot.

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  • Patrick Russell Kappus (1948-1989) – Find a Grave-äreminne
  • Emma W. Kappus, age 15 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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