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Dorothy Shiner Phillips

Case from Burlington, NC dated May 29, 2008

Victim Details

Dorothy Shiner Phillips

Female

Burlington

NC

2008-05-29

49

Dorothy

Shiner Phillips

06/22/2026

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Dorothy Shiner Phillips, a 49-year-old female, tragically lost her life on May 29, 2008, in Burlington, NC. She was a dedicated medical worker, employed full-time as a phlebotomist at Duke University Hospital Health System Clinical Laboratory and part-time at the UNC clinical laboratory. On the night of her death, she was shot by Leonard Woodies, 45, with a single-barrel shotgun while she was on the porch of their shared residence at 638 Arden Street.

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  • Medical worker victim of apparent murder-suicide - WRAL.com
  • Archive Center • Double Shooting Investigation - Burlington, NC
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