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Kathleen Kathy Gaarde

Case from Washington, DC dated Sep 16, 2013

Victim Details

Kathleen Kathy Gaarde

Female

White / Caucasian

Washington

DC

2013-09-16

62

Kathleen

Kathy Gaarde

07/08/2026

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On a tragic Monday in September, the life of Kathleen 'Kathy' Gaarde, a 62-year-old White female from Woodbridge, Virginia, was cut short in a senseless act of violence. On September 16, 2013, Gaarde was at her job as a financial analyst at the Washington Navy Yard when a gunman began a rampage, killing twelve people before he was killed by police. Gaarde, who was just months away from a well-deserved retirement, was one of the victims.

Her husband of 38 years, Douglass Gaarde, described ...
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