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Ballard White Turner

Death by Force
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In the late afternoon of September 29, 1932, a dedicated Prohibition Agent named Ballard White Turner, a 35-year-old Caucasian male, found his life cut tragically short in the wooded outskirts of Vancouver, Washington. Working alongside his partner, Agent Ernest Vlasich, Turner was in the midst of an undercover operation, a seemingly routine attempt to purchase illicit moonshine whiskey from a local man named Jesse Cousins. The agents had arranged the buy at Cousins' home, situated about 25 mile ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Ballard White Turner

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Vancouver

    WA

    1932-09-29

    35

    Ballard

    White Turner

    11/09/2025

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