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Wendell Barnes

Case from Rochester, NY dated Dec 30, 1980

Victim Details

Wendell Barnes

Male

Black / African American

Rochester

NY

1980-12-30

26

Wendell

Barnes

08/24/2026

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Wendell Barnes, a 26-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally stabbed in Rochester, New York, on December 30, 1980. Barnes was waiting at a bus stop on East Main Street when he was attacked and stabbed in the chest. He was rushed to a hospital, but the wound proved fatal. The killing appeared to be sudden, and accounts of the case do not describe a confrontation between Barnes and his attacker or identify an ordinary robbery or personal dispute as the motive.

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