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Sandra Lee Scheuer

Death by Force
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Sandra Lee Scheuer, a 20-year-old Jewish woman, was a student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. On May 4, 1970, she was tragically killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during the Kent State shootings. Scheuer was shot once in the neck with an M-1 rifle from a distance of 130 yards while walking between classes. The bullet severed her jugular vein, and she died within five or six minutes from loss of blood.

Scheuer did not participate in the Vietnam War protests that preceded the shoot ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Sandra Lee Scheuer

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Kent

    OH

    1970-05-04

    20

    Sandra

    Lee Scheuer

    11/05/2025

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