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JoAnna Laverne Gish King, a 27-year-old female, was killed on August 15, 1987, inside the couple's home in the 6600 block of Dinner Creek Drive in northwest Harris County, Texas. The shooting also claimed the life of her husband, Homer “Butch” King. In the immediate aftermath, investigators documented a close-range execution-style attack that left both victims shot in the back of the head, a detail that undercut any notion of a chaotic exchange and instead suggested a deliberate, controlled ...Read More
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JoAnna King
Female
Harris County
TX
1987-08-18
27
JoAnna
King
11/29/2025
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of fear in this case and how it impacted t... ...Read More
06/16/2023
I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of fear in this case and how it impacted t... ...Read More
06/16/2023
