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William Joseph “Billy” Lavaco was a 21-year-old white man from the Doylestown area of Ohio whose life was cut short in a brutal double homicide in Norton in early August 1977, with official records listing his death as August 6, 1977. He spent that weekend with his girlfriend, Judith Straub, a local teenager he had been dating for many months, and the two moved in the easy orbit of small-town bars and country roads, part of a close-knit circle of friends and family who never imagined they wo ...Read More
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William Joseph ″Billy″ Lavaco
Male
White / Caucasian
Norton
OH
1977-08-06
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Lavaco
11/29/2025
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I can't help but reflect on the incredible travesty of justice faced by the families of Billy Lavaco... ...Read More
11/20/2023
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