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Dwight Dees

Case from Rochester, NY dated Jan 22, 1975

Victim Details

Dwight Dees

Male

Black / African American

Rochester

NY

1975-01-22

20

Dwight

Dees

07/20/2026

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Dwight Dees, a 20-year-old Black / African American man from Rochester, New York, had been trying to steady his life—taking classes at a community college and, for a time, living under the roof of his sister and her husband, James Turner. In the months before he was killed, a decision surfaced that would later haunt every retelling of what happened: he resumed payments on a $50,000 life-insurance policy that he’d previously let lapse when money got tight.

On the night he died in Janu ...
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  • INSURANCE MOTIVE RAISED IN SLAYING - The New York Times
  • Serial Killer James Turner, Active 1954-1975, New York & Florida
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