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Justin Charles Chafin

Case from Ranger, WV dated Dec 20, 2022

Victim Details

Justin Charles Chafin

Male

White / Caucasian

Ranger

WV

2022-12-20

37

Justin

Charles Chafin

07/01/2026

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Justin Charles Chafin, a 37-year-old White/Caucasian male from Ranger, West Virginia, died on December 20, 2022, after a violent domestic dispute inside a home in the Ranger area of Lincoln County. The incident was reported Tuesday evening along McClellan Highway, where first responders and Lincoln County deputies arrived to find two men dead in what authorities described as an apparent murder-suicide. Chafin was identified as the victim of the shooting, and the other man was identified by autho ...
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  • WV MetroNews: Man kills stepfather then himself in Lincoln County murder-suicide - WV MetroNews
  • WOWK 13 News: Man kills stepfather and then himself in Lincoln County
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