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Jeanette Walton, 37, a Black / African American female, was killed on May 9, 1972, in Chester, Pennsylvania, after a shooting inside her apartment at 715 West 3rd Street. The available online reporting places the attack on a Tuesday night and describes the scene as one discovered not by police first, but by her 17-year-old daughter, Diane, who came home after visiting a relative and found her mother lying in a pool of blood around 8:50 p.m.

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Victim Details

Jeanette Walton

Female

Black / African American

Chester

PA

1972-05-09

37

Jeanette

Walton

05/17/2026