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Willis Cassidy Jr.

Case from Saucier, MS dated Apr 20, 2017

Victim Details

Willis Cassidy, Jr.

Male

Saucier

MS

2017-04-20

75

Willis

Cassidy Jr.

07/01/2026

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In the quiet community of Saucier, Mississippi, the life of 75-year-old Willis Michael Cassidy, Jr. came to a violent end in April 2017. What initially appeared to be a death by gunshot was later determined by the coroner to be a brutal beating. The investigation into his death quickly focused on his live-in caregiver, Gabriel Benjamin Curtis, who was 39 at the time. The case began to unfold when a relative of Curtis contacted the Harrison County Sheriff's Department after Curtis reportedly conf ...
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  • https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/mississippi/articles/2017-04-24/police-a-facebook-chat-led-deputies-to-his-roommates-body
  • Man reportedly admits to killing roommate; victim identified
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