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Paul Joel Koster

Case from Walnut, MS dated Jul 06, 2017

Victim Details

Paul Joel Koster

Male

White / Caucasian

Walnut

MS

2017-07-06

51

Paul

Joel Koster

07/11/2026

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In the summer of 2017, the quiet community of Walnut, Mississippi, was shaken by the deaths of two of its residents. Paul Joel Koster, a 51-year-old White male, and Ayla Roxanne Hopper, 29, were found deceased in their home on County Road 303 in the early morning hours of July 6, 2017. Koster, a self-employed roofing contractor who had lived in the area for 25 years after moving from California, was initially reported to have died unexpectedly. However, the circumstances surrounding his and Hopp ...
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