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Ann Brantley

Case from Chester, PA dated Dec 17, 1946

Victim Details

Ann Louise Brantley

Female

Chester

PA

1946-12-17

37

Ann

Brantley

06/30/2026

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In the early morning hours of a December day in 1946, a heated argument between a couple in Chester, Pennsylvania, ended in a tragic and violent outburst. The lives of Ann Louise Brantley, a 37-year-old woman, and William Percival Harris, a 46-year-old druggist, were cut short in a shocking murder-suicide that stunned the local community.

The events unfolded at the corner of Third and Edwards streets, where Harris shot Brantley before turning the gun on himself. An investigation led by De ...
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