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David Dore

Case from Houma, LA dated Apr 07, 2015

Victim Details

David Dore

Male

Houma

LA

2015-04-07

47

David

Dore

06/27/2026

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In the spring of 2015, the story of David Dore, a 47-year-old male from Houma, Louisiana, came to a startling and tragic end. On April 7, 2015, Dore took his own life. His death occurred just as he was about to face a trial for a brutal crime that had remained a mystery for nearly three decades.

Years earlier, in 1986, a 30-year-old woman in Abbeville, Louisiana, had been the victim of an aggravated rape. For 29 long years, the case went unsolved, the perpetrator's identity a lingering qu ...
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  • Rape suspect kills himself before trial - Houma Today
  • Rhonda Dore' Obituary May 22, 2015 - Chauvin Funeral Home

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