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Claude Hawkins

Case from Wills-creek, OH dated Mar 14, 1992

Victim Details

Claude Alexander Hawkins

Male

Black / African American

Wills-creek

OH

1992-03-14

48

Claude

Hawkins

07/09/2026

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Claude Alexander Hawkins, a 48-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was tragically murdered on March 14, 1992, while fishing near Wills Creek Dam in Coshocton County, Ohio. His death was part of a series of killings carried out by Thomas Lee Dillon, an Ohio serial killer who targeted outdoorsmen between 1989 and 1992.

Dillon, who was 61 years old at the time of his death, was convicted of five counts of aggravated murder in 1993 and received five consecutive life sentences without the po ...
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  • Thomas Dillon - Wikipedia
  • Claude Alexander Hawkins (1943-1992) - Find a Grave Memorial
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