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Franklin Borders Jr.

Case from Oak Hill, WV dated Nov 02, 2014

Victim Details

Franklin Borders Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Oak Hill

WV

2014-11-02

41

Franklin

Borders Jr.

08/29/2026

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Franklin Dewayne Borders Jr., a 41-year-old Black/African American man whose homicide was connected to Oak Hill, West Virginia, died in early November 2014. His published obituary records his date of death as November 3, 2014. Although readily available contemporary reporting about the immediate crime scene is limited, later West Virginia court records repeatedly describe Borders's death as a murder, making clear that investigators were dealing with an intentional killing rather than an accident ...
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