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On May 23, 1978, Dennis Buford Hemby, a 19-year-old white male, was brutally murdered in Louisiana. According to later confessions and court records, Hemby was beaten and drowned during a violent encounter involving drugs. The assailants stole marijuana from him following the attack. His death was not immediately solved, and the case remained unresolved for several years until one of the perpetrators confessed.
The primary suspect in the murder was Robert Lee Willie, a white male born in ...Read More
The primary suspect in the murder was Robert Lee Willie, a white male born in ...Read More
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Dennis Buford Hemby
Male
White / Caucasian
Covington
LA
1978-05-23
19
Dennis
Buford Hemby
11/19/2025
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