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Okey Meadows

Case from Cedar Grove, WV dated Aug 14, 2003

Victim Details

Okey Meadows

Male

White / Caucasian

Cedar Grove

WV

2003-08-14

26

Okey

Meadows

06/28/2026

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On a summer evening in 2003, the community of Cedar Grove, West Virginia, was shattered by a senseless act of violence that claimed the life of Okey Meadows, a 26-year-old White / Caucasian male. On August 14th, Meadows was at a Go-Mart on U.S. Route 60, simply buying milk at a security window, when he was fatally shot in the neck. His death was not an isolated incident but part of a terrifying series of sniper-style shootings that had gripped the Kanawha Valley.

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