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Josh Oakes

Case from Somerset, KY dated Feb 17, 2017

Victim Details

Josh Oakes

Male

White / Caucasian

Somerset

KY

2017-02-17

37

Josh

Oakes

07/17/2026

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In the quiet community of Somerset, Kentucky, the life of 37-year-old Joshua Oakes was cut short on the night of Friday, February 17, 2017. A resident of nearby Science Hill, Oakes was a father of two daughters and a U.S. Navy veteran who worked as an engineer at Graham Packaging. Remembered by friends and family as a kind-hearted and generous individual who was never serious and always smiling, his sudden death sent ripples of grief through his community.

On that February evening, deputi ...
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