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Travis Thompson

Case from Pikeville, KY dated Mar 17, 2016

Victim Details

Travis Thompson

Male

White / Caucasian

Pikeville

KY

2016-03-17

22

Travis

Thompson

06/30/2026

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On March 17, 2016, a welfare check in Pikeville, Kentucky, led to a grim discovery. Inside an apartment building, authorities found the bodies of two men, Travis Thompson and Nicholas Hopkins. Travis, a 22-year-old White/Caucasian male from Independence, Kentucky, was found deceased alongside 36-year-old Nicholas Hopkins of Florence. One of the men had been a student at the University of Pikeville, and the community was left mourning the loss of two young lives.

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  • 2 Northern Kentucky men killed in apparent murder-suicide in Pikeville
  • Travis Thompson, age 22 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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