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Sterleen Hill

Case from Yuma, AZ dated Jun 08, 1987

Victim Details

Sterleen Hill

Female

Black / African American

Yuma

AZ

1987-06-08

27

Sterleen

Hill

07/02/2026

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On the night of June 8, 1987, a violent home invasion in Yuma, Arizona, ended in the tragic death of Sterleen Hill, a Black woman. The events of that evening unfolded as a terrifying ordeal for the Hill family, beginning when two men forced their way into their home. Sterleen and her husband, Ralph Hill, were forcibly taken to their bedroom, where their hands were bound, and they were made to lie face down on the floor.

The intruders, later identified as part of a group of three, ransacke ...
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  • Cronkite News - Arizona PBS: Court overturns death sentence in 1987 execution-style Yuma murder - Cronkite News - Arizona PBS
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