A sixteen-year-old male identified as David Gibbs, a white teenager from Peoria, Illinois, was fatally assaulted during the early morning hours of December 13, 1964. According to available reports, Gibbs and a group of male teenagers—including David Roland Waters and three others—were consuming whiskey and inhaling ether when an argument erupted. The fight turned violent, culminating in Gibbs being beaten to death by the group. At the time of his death, the victim was a 16‑year‑old w
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