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Carl Hopkins Jr.

Case from Barboursville, WV dated Jan 25, 2014

Victim Details

Carl Hopkins Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Barboursville

WV

2014-01-25

61

Carl

Hopkins Jr.

07/12/2026

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On a January afternoon in 2014, the lives of two brothers, Carl Hopkins Jr., a 61-year-old White male, and Garrick Hopkins, 60, were tragically cut short in Barboursville, West Virginia. The brothers were on a piece of property recently purchased by Garrick, inspecting a shed, when they were fatally shot. The property was adjacent to land owned by Rodney Bruce Black, 62, who would soon become the sole suspect in their deaths.

From a window in his home, approximately 120 feet away, Black a ...
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  • UPDATE: WV man charged in two deaths found mentally incompetent
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