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Robert D. Patterson

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Oct 31, 1982

Victim Details

Robert D. Patterson

Male

White / Caucasian

Birmingham

AL

1982-10-31

51

Robert

D. Patterson

Accidental

07/06/2026

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On a Halloween night in 1982, the life of Robert D. Patterson, a 51-year-old White male, was tragically cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. A 20-year veteran of the Birmingham Police Department, Patterson was working a secondary, plainclothes security job at a nightclub on Morris Avenue. The evening took a dark turn when a fight broke out between two women inside the establishment.

Patterson intervened in the altercation and successfully disarmed one of the women who had brandished a knife. ...
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