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Ronald Leon Duplechain

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Nov 17, 1979

Victim Details

Ronald Leon Duplechain

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

1979-11-17

27

Ronald

Leon Duplechain

06/24/2026

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In the city of New Orleans on November 17, 1979, Ronald Leon Duplechain, a 27-year-old male New Orleans Police Department patrolman, found himself in a fatal confrontation while off-duty. Duplechain, a United States military veteran who had served on the police force for four years, was at a payphone when a disturbance broke out nearby. A man involved in the altercation brandished a pistol and began threatening several people.

Reacting to the escalating danger, Patrolman Duplechain identi ...
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