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Steve Petersdorf

Case from Reno, NV dated May 27, 2015

Victim Details

Steve Petersdorf

Male

White / Caucasian

Reno

NV

2015-05-27

56

Steve

Petersdorf

06/27/2026

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On a late Wednesday evening in Reno, Nevada, the life of 56-year-old Steve Petersdorf, a Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. The events of May 27, 2015, unfolded at the Mira Loma Shopping Center, where a dispute that began inside a business escalated and spilled out into the open.

Witnesses reported that Petersdorf was involved in a confrontation with another man, later identified by police as 56-year-old Edward Jose. The argument, which had started indoors, took a fatal turn when t ...
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