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Calvin Richard Lester Jr.

Case from Sanford, NC dated Mar 07, 2023

Victim Details

Calvin Richard Lester Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Sanford

NC

2023-03-07

25

Calvin

Richard Lester Jr.

07/15/2026

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On March 7, 2023, at approximately 7:30 a.m., 25-year-old Calvin Richard Lester Jr. was fatally shot in the parking lot of Fat Juniors Grill, located at 4900 Womack Road in Sanford, North Carolina. The establishment was closed at the time, and neither its employees nor owners were involved in the incident.

Later that day, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, with assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Fayetteville Police Department's Violent Criminal Appre ...
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  • CBS17.com: Fayetteville man charged with murder in deadly shooting of co-worker outside of Sanford restaurant
  • CBS17.com: Man shot, killed in parking lot of Sanford restaurant
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    I've been following this case closely and something that's been sticking with me is the timing of th... ...Read More
    08/21/2024
    Has anyone else noticed how eerily quiet the investigators have been about the motive behind Calvin'... ...Read More
    12/04/2023
    Did anyone else notice the strange timing of the shooting? It's so unsettling to think about how Cal... ...Read More
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