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Joshua Lee Hodgens

Case from Louisville, KY dated Jan 31, 2017

Victim Details

Joshua Lee Hodgens

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2017-01-31

18

Joshua

Lee Hodgens

07/02/2026

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In the cold of a Tuesday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 18-year-old Joshua Lee Hodgens was tragically cut short. On January 31, 2017, Hodgens was discovered in the yard between two houses near Southwestern Parkway and River Park Drive, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The Louisville Metro Police were called to the scene shortly after 1 p.m., where they found the young man's body.

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