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Cleveland Curtis Pope

Case from Louisville, KY dated Mar 18, 2017

Victim Details

Cleveland Curtis Pope

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2017-03-18

51

Cleveland

Curtis Pope

06/27/2026

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In the early hours of a Saturday in March 2017, the tranquility of Blue Lick Park in Louisville, Kentucky, was shattered by the discovery of a car engulfed in flames. First responders were called to the scene in the 4100 block of Mud Lane just after midnight on March 18th. Once the fire was extinguished, a grim discovery was made in the backseat of the vehicle: the body of 51-year-old Cleveland Curtis Pope.

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