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Renata Simmons

Case from Dover, AR dated Dec 26, 1987

Victim Details

Renata Simmons

Female

White / Caucasian

Dover

AR

1987-12-26

22

Renata

Simmons

07/09/2026

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On December 26, 1987, a festive after-Christmas gathering turned into a scene of unimaginable horror in Dover, Arkansas, where 21-year-old Renata Lynn May Simmons was tragically murdered. Renata, her husband William 'Billy' Simmons II, and their 20-month-old son, William H. 'Trae' Simmons III, had been invited to the home of her father-in-law, Ronald Gene Simmons. Shortly after their arrival, the young family was met with fatal violence.

Renata and her husband were both shot and killed by ...
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