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Leroy Pratt Percy

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Jul 09, 1929

Victim Details

Leroy Pratt Percy

Male

Birmingham

AL

1929-07-09

40

Leroy

Pratt Percy

Self-Inflicted

06/23/2026

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In the summer of 1929, a profound sadness settled over a Birmingham, Alabama family. On July 9th, Leroy Pratt Percy, a 40-year-old male, died in the city where he was born. His death was a solitary act, a self-inflicted end to a life that had been marked by both familial connection and a history of deep-seated sorrow. This was not the first time such a tragedy had touched the Percy family; it was a sorrowful echo of his own father's death years earlier.

Born on June 23, 1889, Leroy had bu ...
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