Anthony Witcher

Murdered
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On August 17, 1980, 27-year-old Anthony Witcher was fatally shot while walking along the sidewalk near 889 Oak Street in Columbus, Ohio. Little information has surfaced over the decades about the details surrounding his murder, and the case remains one of Columbus's many unsolved homicides. Efforts to bring new leads have been ongoing, as the case is still highlighted in Ohio's database of unsolved homicides, managed by the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), which pr ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Anthony Witcher

    February 11, 2022

    Male

    African-American / Black

    Columbus

    OH

    1980-08-17

    1980-08-17

    Anthony

    Witcher

    10/28/2024


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