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Billy Drumm

Case from Texarkana, AR dated Feb 15, 2005

Victim Details

Billy Drumm

Male

Texarkana

AR

2005-02-15

22

Billy

Drumm

07/13/2026

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In the winter of 2005, a grim discovery by squirrel hunters in a wooded area near Doddridge, Arkansas, brought to light a brutal crime that had unfolded miles away in Texarkana. In the back of a burned-out car lay the remains of 22-year-old Billy Drumm and his friend, 21-year-old Patrick Alan Dickey. The initial investigation revealed a horrifying sequence of events that began on February 15, 2005, when both men were shot to death. Their bodies were then placed in Dickey's vehicle, driven to a r ...
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  • Texarkana Gazette: Man who cooperated in murder trial gets probation
  • [Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----ARK., WIS., S.C., USA, PENN.
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    It's been a while since I last looked into the Drumm and Dickey case in Tex... ...Read More
    11/09/2024
    Has anyone else been thinking about how this case completely rattled the Texarkana community back in... ...Read More
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    I just came across some information about the Billy Drumm and Patrick Alan Dickey case that I hadn't... ...Read More
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