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Althea Lyons, 26, a woman, was found shot to death inside her apartment at the Christiana Court complex off State Route 4 in Stanton, Delaware, on the morning of December 4, 1981. Police were dispatched around 6:45 a.m. after a caller reported hearing three or four gunshots. Inside, officers discovered Lyons and her new boyfriend, 27-year-old postal letter carrier Tyrone Whittle, both killed by a 12-gauge shotgun. Also in the apartment was the body of the gunman, identified by detectives as 36-y ...Read More
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Victim Details

Althea Lyons

Stanton

DE

1981-12-04

26

Althea

Lyons

Primary Suspect Deceased

12/29/2025