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William James Nixon

Case from Jackson, MI dated Apr 27, 1978

Victim Details

William James Nixon

Male

White / Caucasian

Jackson

MI

1978-04-27

44

William

James Nixon

06/22/2026

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In the early morning hours of April 27, 1978, a routine traffic stop on a desolate stretch of US-127 near Berry Road in Jackson, Michigan, turned into a scene of tragedy. Lieutenant William James Nixon, a 44-year-old male and a 23-year veteran of the Jackson Police Department, pulled over a suspicious vehicle towing a trailer with a bulldozer. The plates on the vehicle were improper, a detail that would prove to be the catalyst for a fatal encounter.

As Lieutenant Nixon sat in his patrol ...
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