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Patti Gadd

Case from Forest Hill, WV dated Sep 11, 2015

Victim Details

Patti Gadd

Female

White / Caucasian

Forest Hill

WV

2015-09-11

73

Patti

Gadd

08/30/2026

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Patti Gadd, a 73-year-old White woman, died from gunshot wounds in Forest Hill, West Virginia, in September 2015. Her death was part of an unusual double-fatality investigation involving her husband, Wayne Gadd. Although September 11, 2015, is recorded as the date Patti was killed, Summers County deputies did not discover the couple until Monday, September 14. Sheriff Garry Wheeler said investigators believed the two had already been dead for at least three days and possibly longer by the time a ...
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  • Beckley Register-Herald: UPDATE: Summers sheriff investigating son in death of elderly Forest Hill couple
  • UPDATE - Summers County man arrested after parents found dead
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