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Willie Kelly

Case from Baton-rouge, LA dated Jan 05, 1979

Victim Details

Willie Kelly

Male

Baton-rouge

LA

1979-01-05

67

Willie

Kelly

07/02/2026

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Willie Kelly, a 67-year-old male, was working as a security guard at an A&P Supermarket on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on January 5, 1979, when his life was tragically cut short. On that day, two men, Robert Wayne Williams and his accomplice Ralph Holmes, entered the grocery store with the intent to commit a robbery. Both men donned ski masks to conceal their identities, and Williams was armed with a 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun.

As customers went about their shopping, Kelly was ...
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  • LOUISIANAN DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR (Published 1983)
  • Robert Wayne Williams - Wikipedia
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