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James Earl Chase Hoover

Case from Lebanon, TN dated May 07, 2014

Victim Details

James Earl Chase Hoover

Male

Lebanon

TN

2014-05-07

31

James

Earl Chase Hoover

07/03/2026

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In a tragic turn of events on the evening of May 7, 2014, James Earl Chase Hoover, a 31-year-old man, lost his life in his Lebanon, Tennessee, home. A graduate of Lebanon High School's class of 2002, the former construction worker's life was cut short during a violent altercation with his own grandfather, James Frances Hoover.

The fatal incident reportedly stemmed from a heated argument over derogatory names the elder Hoover had called his grandson's girlfriend, Crystal Colyer. The verbal ...
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  • The Tennessean: Grandfather to be charged in shooting
  • Chase Hoover - Obituary - Hunter Funeral Home
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