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Richard Reeves

Death by Force
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On what began as a quiet Saturday, March 12, 2005, the life of Richard Reeves, a 58-year-old male, was tragically cut short in a horrifying act of violence in Brookfield, Wisconsin. He was among the attendees of a weekly service for the Living Church of God, held within the seemingly safe confines of a Sheraton Hotel. The congregation was unexpectedly shattered when a fellow church member, Terry Michael Ratzmann, unleashed a deadly assault.

Ratzmann, a 44-year-old computer technician, had ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Richard Reeves

    Male

    Brookfield

    WI

    2005-03-12

    58

    Richard

    Reeves

    11/11/2025

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