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Robert Sewell

Case from Hermitage, TN dated Mar 23, 1997

Victim Details

Robert Sewell

Male

White / Caucasian

Hermitage

TN

1997-03-23

23

Robert

Sewell

07/04/2026

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In the quiet late hours of a Sunday in Hermitage, Tennessee, the rhythm of a typical closing shift at a McDonald's was shattered by an act of brutal violence that would become part of a chilling chapter in the state's history. On March 23, 1997, Robert Allen Sewell Jr., a 23-year-old male employee, was ending his workday alongside his colleagues, 17-year-old Andrea Brown and 27-year-old Ronald Santiago. As they and a fourth employee, Jose Gonzalez, walked out of the restaurant, they were unexpec ...
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