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Joseph Dickerson

Case from Chester, PA dated Jun 21, 2009

Victim Details

Joseph P. Dickerson III

Male

Black / African American

Chester

PA

2009-06-21

35

Joseph

Dickerson

06/26/2026

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In the summer of 2009, the community of Chester, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the violent death of one of its own. Joseph P. Dickerson III, a 35-year-old African American man known to his friends and family as 'Joe Buzz' or 'Brent,' was killed on June 21, 2009. A lifelong resident of the city and a graduate of Chester High School, Dickerson was a familiar face to many. He was a laborer for a local company at the time of his death.

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