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Calvin Lee Carlisle

Case from Beckley, WV dated Aug 25, 2016

Victim Details

Calvin Lee Carlisle

Male

Black / African American

Beckley

WV

2016-08-25

27

Calvin

Lee Carlisle

07/06/2026

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In the late summer of 2016, the life of a young Black/African American man, Calvin Lee Carlisle, 27, was tragically cut short in Beckley, West Virginia. On August 25, 2016, his body was discovered in the backyard of a residence on Fayette Street, concealed under a pile of tree limbs and brush. An autopsy would later reveal that Carlisle had died from blunt force injuries resulting from a single gunshot wound.

Within days of the grim discovery, the Beckley Police Department identified a su ...
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