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Do you know who killed Charles Newton Powell in 1992?
In the warm desert night of Yuma, Arizona, on June 25, 1992, a construction foreman named Charles Newton Powell was in town for a job. His work had brought him to the Hacienda Motel on Fourth Avenue, a place that would become the final scene of his life. Just after the stroke of midnight, a sequence of events unfolded that would leave a lasting mystery.
A witness at the motel reported a knock on their door from an unknown individual. Shortly after, this same person was seen interacting wi ...Read More
In the warm desert night of Yuma, Arizona, on June 25, 1992, a construction foreman named Charles Newton Powell was in town for a job. His work had brought him to the Hacienda Motel on Fourth Avenue, a place that would become the final scene of his life. Just after the stroke of midnight, a sequence of events unfolded that would leave a lasting mystery.
A witness at the motel reported a knock on their door from an unknown individual. Shortly after, this same person was seen interacting wi ...Read More
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Charles Powell
December 19, 2022
Male
Unknown
Yuma
AZ
1992-06-25
Charles
Powell
No
11/28/2025
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