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Randy Waldron

Case from Reno, NV dated Apr 21, 1984

Victim Details

Randy Waldron

Male

Reno

NV

1984-04-21

28

Randy

Waldron

06/29/2026

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In the spring of 1984, the life of Randy Waldron, a 28-year-old male, came to a violent and abrupt end in Reno, Nevada. On April 21, he was discovered deceased, having been shot multiple times in the head. At the time of his death, Waldron was camping near the railroad tracks that cut through the city, a decision that placed him in the path of a dangerous fugitive.

His killer was William Paul Thompson, a career criminal who was fleeing from a double murder he had recently committed in Cal ...
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