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Joyce Hoskins

Case from Wilmington, NC dated Dec 04, 2005

Victim Details

Joyce Hoskins

Female

Wilmington

NC

2005-12-04

47

Joyce

Hoskins

06/24/2026

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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, ...
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  • Wilmington Star-News: A new victim of state failure
  • Man gets life after pleading guilty to killing his wife
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