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Joyce Hoskins, a 47-year-old woman from Wilmington, NC, was tragically shot to death on December 4, 2005. Her husband, Gradie Lee Rhodes, who was on parole for a previous murder conviction, admitted to killing her. Rhodes, a 58-year-old convicted murderer, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife. This was the second murder conviction for Rhodes, who had previously been convicted in 1989 of killing Avonna Terry, ...Read More
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Joyce Hoskins
Female
Wilmington
NC
2005-12-04
47
Joyce
Hoskins
11/06/2025
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I’ve been thinking a lot about Joyce Hoskins' tragic case and what it says about the struggles vic... ...Read More
10/01/2024
10/01/2024
I’ve been following the discussion about Joyce Hoskins, and there's a detail that's been sticking ... ...Read More
07/03/2024
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