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Robert Gossert

Case from Knoxville, TN dated Aug 10, 1976

Victim Details

Robert Gus Gossert

Male

White / Caucasian

Knoxville

TN

1976-08-10

33

Robert

Gossert

06/29/2026

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In the summer of 1976, the life of Robert Charles 'Gus' Gossert, a 33-year-old male radio DJ, came to an abrupt and violent end in Knoxville, Tennessee. On August 10th of that year, his body was discovered in his Chevrolet Vega, parked by a cattle gate on the then-remote Watt Road in West Knox County. He had been shot twice in the right side of the head with a. 38 caliber pistol. Investigators believe he had been deceased for at least a day before being found, with the car windows down, suggesti ...
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