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Christos Rouses

Case from Lowell, MA dated Nov 17, 1978

Victim Details

Christos Rouses

Male

White / Caucasian

Lowell

MA

1978-11-17

53

Christos

Rouses

07/09/2026

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On a Friday afternoon in Lowell, Massachusetts, November 17, 1978, a veteran police officer’s shift was nearing its end. Christos Rouses, a 53-year-old White/Caucasian male, was assisting with a fire on Princeton Boulevard when a call came in about a silent alarm at Limby's Drugs on Branch Street, about a half-mile away. Knowing the area and the family who owned the pharmacy, Officer Rouses immediately responded to the call.

Arriving at the scene within a minute, he entered the drug sto ...
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