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William Welsh

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Mar 17, 1983

Victim Details

William Welsh

Male

Pittsburgh

PA

1983-03-17

47

William

Welsh

07/01/2026

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William Welsh, a 47-year-old male, died on March 17, 1983, after being shot outside the Pittsburgh home of his former girlfriend, Carol Stonehouse. Welsh was a retired Pittsburgh police officer who had served for about two decades, and Stonehouse was also a Pittsburgh police officer. Their relationship had begun around 1980, not long after Stonehouse joined the department, but by her account it quickly became frightening and inescapable.

On the morning Welsh was killed, Stonehouse called ...
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