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John Yancy Hilton

Case from Haleyville, AL dated Oct 06, 1964

Victim Details

John Yancy Hilton

Male

White / Caucasian

Haleyville

AL

1964-10-06

56

John

Yancy Hilton

Yes

06/24/2026

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John Yancy Hilton was a 56-year-old male police officer in Haleyville, Alabama, working what began as an ordinary October evening. Around 9:00 p.m. on October 6, 1964, he was seen at a local spot called the Rebel Restaurant, then drove patrol for a while before separating from the radio operator who had been with him. Not long after, the calm of routine duty broke into urgency over the police radio—Hilton’s voice, strained and unmistakable, calling for a doctor because he had been shot, and ...
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