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Robert Cox

Case from Houston, MS dated Oct 26, 2020

Victim Details

Robert Cox

Male

White / Caucasian

Houston

MS

2020-10-26

40

Robert

Cox

07/15/2026

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In what was supposed to be a straightforward transaction, a 40-year-old man, Robert Lester 'Rob' Cox II, of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, was killed on October 26, 2020. Cox, the co-owner of a construction company, had traveled to Houston, Mississippi, with his 22-year-old stepdaughter to purchase a car they had seen advertised on social media. The arranged meeting, however, turned out to be a fatal ambush.

Upon arriving at a rundown, vacant house for the supposed car sale, Cox and hi ...
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