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Do you know who killed James \Jay\ Lorenzo Dial Jr in 1971?
On the night of January 15, 1971, a date marking what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 42nd birthday, 16-year-old James 'Jay' Lorenzo Dial Jr. was walking home in the Green Valley neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. A student at Wakefield High School, Dial was known as an athlete and a musician, playing football, basketball, wrestling, and playing the drums. He was the only boy among six siblings.

That evening, as he walked along South Kenmore Street after leaving his girlfriend' ...Read More
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Victim Details

James "Jay" Dial Jr

December 12, 2022

Male

Unknown

Arlington

VA

1971-01-15

16

James Jay

Dial Jr

No

01/08/2026


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