Willie Sexton

Willie Sexton, a 21-year-old Black/African American man, resided on the 2800 block of East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. In the spring of 1966, his life was tragically cut short when he became a victim in a string of violent crimes that terrorized the city's East End. Sexton was brutally shot nine times in the back, and his body was later discovered floating in the Chickahominy River.

His death was part of a six-week killing spree that claimed the lives of six people and included an ...

The Penn Brothers (1966) – CHPN