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Keith Charles Kit Destromp

Case from Burlington, VT dated May 30, 1989

Victim Details

Keith Destromp

August 9, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Burlington

VT

1989-05-30

1989-05-30

35

Keith

Charles Kit Destromp

06/30/2026


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A man is found beaten to death on Burlington's Waterfront
On a late spring day in Burlington, Vermont, the body of Keith Destromp, a 35-year-old Caucasian male, was discovered, marking the beginning of a long and somber mystery. It was May 30, 1989, when Destromp was found inside the derelict Pease Grain building, a structure that stood on the city's waterfront. An examination would later reveal that he had died from blunt force trauma, a grim detail that led the Chief Medical Examiner to classify his death as a homicide.

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  • Keith Charles “Kit” Destromp (1954-1989) - Memorials - Find a Grave
  • The Murdered Keith Charles “Kit” Destromp – The Lost & The Taken

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