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Derrick Levon Dower

Case from Orville, AL dated May 14, 2015

Victim Details

Derrick Levon Dower

Male

Black / African American

Orville

AL

2015-05-14

22

Derrick

Levon Dower

Yes

07/19/2026

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On a spring day in 2015, the life of Derrick Levon Dower, a 22-year-old Black / African American male from Selma, Alabama, was tragically cut short. On May 14, what began as a car ride ended in his death in the Beloit-Orrville area. The events of that day would later be recounted by the man responsible for his demise.

The perpetrator, 24-year-old Raphael Miquel Clark, walked into the Selma Police Department and confessed to killing Dower. According to Clark's account, he had given Dower a ...
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  • https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/2122303
  • https://m.selmatimesjournal.com/2016/01/02/homicide-rate-slows-over-final-half-of-2015-decreases-overall/
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