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Sandra Kemp

Case from Chester, PA dated Oct 28, 1980

Victim Details

Sandra Kemp

Female

Black / African American

Chester

PA

1980-10-28

21

Sandra

Kemp

06/29/2026

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Sandra Kemp, a 21-year-old Black/African American female from Chester, Pennsylvania, was killed on the morning of October 28, 1980, inside a home at 1210 Kerlin Street in Chester. Online memorial records describe her as lost to gun violence that day, and a contemporaneous newspaper clipping preserved online reported that her death was part of a violent incident that also claimed the life of Hazel Marie Jackson, age 29, who was identified as the owner of the Kerlin Street home.

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