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James Jesse “J.J.” Caldwell Jr., a 52-year-old man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, had built a modest, working-class life, known as a machinist at Tudor Machine Shop and as a husband and father, before everything ended in a single, unexplained act of violence in the fall of 1978. He lived in a first-floor unit of a multi-unit building at 627 South Peoria Avenue, a routine address in the city where he worked and spent his days. To those around him, there was nothing to suggest that his home would one d ...Read More
James Jesse “J.J.” Caldwell Jr., a 52-year-old man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, had built a modest, working-class life, known as a machinist at Tudor Machine Shop and as a husband and father, before everything ended in a single, unexplained act of violence in the fall of 1978. He lived in a first-floor unit of a multi-unit building at 627 South Peoria Avenue, a routine address in the city where he worked and spent his days. To those around him, there was nothing to suggest that his home would one d ...Read More
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JJ Caldwell
December 1, 2022
Male
Tulsa
OK
1978-11-12
1978-11-12
52
JJ
Caldwell
11/23/2025
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I've been thinking a lot about the disturbing crime that happened to J.J. Caldwell back in 1978. One... ...Read More
08/27/2024
08/27/2024
Hey everyone,
I've been reading up on cold cases, and I came across the case of J.J. Caldwell. On... ...Read More
03/16/2023
I've been reading up on cold cases, and I came across the case of J.J. Caldwell. On... ...Read More
03/16/2023
