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David Lee Lilly

Case from Beckley, WV dated May 12, 1975

Victim Details

David Lee Lilly

Male

White / Caucasian

Beckley

WV

1975-05-12

30

David

Lee Lilly

07/09/2026

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On the night of May 12, 1975, a 30-year-old White male named David Lee Lilly, a Sergeant with the Beckley Police Department in West Virginia, was on duty. Shortly before midnight, he conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of the Route 19/21 bypass and New Raleigh Road. The man he pulled over was a suspect in a coin store robbery that had occurred earlier that day.

During the interaction with the driver, Sergeant Lilly was shot twice with a. 32 caliber pistol. The 32-year-old suspect ...
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