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One of two brothers shot outside a Dersch Road home
Frank Wesley McAlister, a 19-year-old from Redding, California, was tragically murdered on May 7, 1993, in a case that remained unsolved for 25 years before a dramatic confession reopened the investigation. McAlister was lured by friends to a remote area near Shingletown, purportedly under the pretense of a drug deal. He had recently come into a $4,500 insurance payout following a car accident, and his friends—Curtis and Shanna Culver, along with Brian Keith Hawkins—planned to rob him. Once ...Read More
Frank Wesley McAlister, a 19-year-old from Redding, California, was tragically murdered on May 7, 1993, in a case that remained unsolved for 25 years before a dramatic confession reopened the investigation. McAlister was lured by friends to a remote area near Shingletown, purportedly under the pretense of a drug deal. He had recently come into a $4,500 insurance payout following a car accident, and his friends—Curtis and Shanna Culver, along with Brian Keith Hawkins—planned to rob him. Once ...Read More
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Frank Wesley McAlister
August 7, 2022
Male
Redding
CA
1993-05-07
19
Frank Wesley
McAlister
Yes
11/06/2025
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I’ve been thinking a lot about Frank McAlister's parents and what they must have gone through for ... ...Read More
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