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Minnie Edwards

Case from Chatham, NC dated Aug 30, 2011

Victim Details

Minnie Edwards

Female

Chatham

NC

2011-08-30

67

Minnie

Edwards

07/08/2026

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Minnie Edwards, a 67-year-old woman from Chatham, NC, tragically passed away on August 30, 2011. The circumstances surrounding her death were determined to be a murder-suicide. Authorities discovered that Minnie Edwards and her husband, Earl Lee Edwards, 65, were found dead in their home on Joe's Drive in northern Chatham County near Chapel Hill. According to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, it appeared that Earl Edwards took his own life with a firearm after killing his wife.

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    Has anyone else looked into the church activities that Minnie and Earl were part of? I noticed they ... ...Read More
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    Does anyone else find it unsettling how the Edwards couple seemed so normal just days before the tra... ...Read More
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