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Thomas Shorty Whitson

Case from Orient, OH dated Mar 30, 2014

Victim Details

Thomas Shorty Whitson

Male

White / Caucasian

Orient

OH

2014-03-30

84

Thomas

Shorty Whitson

06/24/2026

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Thomas L. 'Shorty' Whitson, an 84-year-old Korean War veteran and lifelong resident of Pickaway County, died unexpectedly at his residence in Orient, Ohio, on March 30, 2014. He was born on October 27, 1929, to John and Eva Whitson. Whitson was a retired prison worker and farmer, well-known and respected in his community.

The circumstances surrounding Whitson's death were tragic and involved a calculated and premeditated act. On the night of March 30, 2014, Shaun Lawson, Whitson's grands ...
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