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Lonnie Hill

Case from Dover, DE dated Oct 01, 1986

Victim Details

Lonnie Hill

Male

Black / African American

Dover

DE

1986-10-01

23

Lonnie

Hill

07/07/2026

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On an early autumn day in 1986, the quiet of a rural crossroads in Dover, Delaware, was shattered by a grim discovery. In the middle of Rose Dale Lane, near Pearson's Corner Road, the body of 23-year-old Lonnie Hill, a Black male, was found on Wednesday, October 1, 1986. The cause of his death was determined to be multiple gunshot wounds, a violent end to a young life.

The initial investigation into Lonnie Hill's death yielded few answers, and the case eventually grew cold. For decades, t ...
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  • https://dsp.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2021/11/Hill-Lonnie.pdf
  • Lonnie Hill, age 23 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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