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James Jay Dial Jr

Case from Arlington, VA dated Jan 15, 1971

Victim Details

James "Jay" Dial Jr

December 12, 2022

Male

Unknown

Arlington

VA

1971-01-15

16

James Jay

Dial Jr

No

07/15/2026


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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' ...
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