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Jessie Thomas Ball

Case from Eugene, OR dated Feb 14, 1982

Victim Details

Jessie Thomas Ball

October 23, 2023

Male

Caucasian / White

Eugene

OR

1982-02-14

31

Jessie Thomas Ball

Jessie

Thomas Ball

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Caucasian / White Jessie Thomas Ball, age 51, was discovered in a garage at 110 North Lawrence Street in Eugene, Oregon, a spot known to offer shelter to people without housing. Investigators fixed the window of the killing between the early afternoon of February 14 and mid-afternoon of February 15, 1982, and classified the case as a homicide.

The scene told a brutal story: Jessie Thomas Ball had suffered multiple blows to the head from a blunt instrument. Detectives believed robbery ...
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