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Jesse E. Taylor

Case from Oklahoma City, OK dated Oct 21, 1979

Victim Details

Jesse E. Taylor

Male

Black / African American

Oklahoma City

OK

1979-10-21

42

Jesse

E. Taylor

06/26/2026

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On a fall evening in Oklahoma City, the life of Jesse E. Taylor was tragically cut short. On October 21, 1979, the 42-year-old Black man was killed alongside his girlfriend, Marion Vera Bresette. Their lives were taken by a man whose heart was filled with a deep-seated racial animosity, transforming an ordinary day into a scene of violence and loss. The act was not one of passion or personal conflict, but rather a cold and calculated crime driven by hatred.

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