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Robert Lewis Mcghee Jr.

Case from Ocean-springs, MS dated May 26, 1990

Victim Details

Robert Lewis Mcghee, Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Ocean-springs

MS

1990-05-26

50

Robert

Lewis Mcghee Jr.

07/06/2026

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On May 26, 1990, Robert Lewis McGhee, Jr., a 50-year-old white male, was shot and killed in the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Mississippi. McGhee, a U.S. Park Ranger, was a respected member of his community and a veteran of the Navy who had served as a law enforcement ranger since 1981. His death was the result of a tragic encounter with two escaped convicts from a Florida correctional facility.

The assailants were identified as Dempsey Alexander Bruner, 29, and John Fred Woolard, 27. ...
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