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Barry Dean Melear

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Sep 23, 1977

Victim Details

Barry Dean Melear

Male

White / Caucasian

Atlanta

GA

1977-09-23

29

Barry

Dean Melear

07/11/2026

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In the late hours of a Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 23, 1977, the life of 29-year-old White male, Barry Dean Melear, was tragically cut short. A seven-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, Officer Melear was on a special car theft detail with his partner when they discovered three men breaking into a vehicle.

As the two officers began to search the suspects, the situation took a fatal turn. The last of the three men being sea ...
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