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Marie Good Bartholomew

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated May 28, 1955

Victim Details

Marie Good Bartholomew

Female

Phoenix

AZ

1955-05-28

23

Marie

Good Bartholomew

Yes

07/04/2026

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On May 28, 1955, in a motel court at 2133 East Monroe Street in Phoenix, Arizona, a domestic dispute turned deadly, ending the life of 23-year-old Marie Bartholomew. Her husband, Lester Edward Bartholomew, used a 22-caliber semi-automatic rifle to shoot and kill her. The violence of that day did not end with Marie. Lester also turned the weapon on their children, killing their three-year-old son, Rickie, and two-year-old daughter, Pamela.

Marie was shot in the front, just below her left n ...
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