Leon Carlton Kelley

Death by Force

On a fall day in North Yarmouth, Maine, the life of 63-year-old Leon Carlton Kelley, a White male, was brought to a sudden and violent end. On October 6, 2013, at a local bee farm, a long-simmering dispute between two families erupted, leaving Kelley fatally shot. Known by those close to him as a "gentle giant," Kelley was a lobsterman from the Five Islands community in Georgetown, a loving husband, father, and grandfather with no criminal record. His death sent shockwaves through the small, tig ...Read More

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