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Joyce Vermillion

Death by Force
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On a bitterly cold night in Newark, Ohio, on December 10, 1977, Joyce Vermillion, a 38-year-old female barmaid, finished her shift at the Forker's Café. A friend and patron, Karen Dodrill, who had been celebrating her own birthday, offered Joyce a ride home to spare her from the frigid -4 degree Fahrenheit weather. In a prelude to the tragedy that would unfold, Karen went to warm up her car.

As Karen was heading back toward the café, she was ambushed and fatally shot by an assailant hid ...Read More
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  • 2 Brothers in Ohio Deny Charges In Slaying of 3 by .22‐Caliber Gun (Published 1979)
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    Victim Details

    Joyce Vermillion

    Female

    Newark

    NJ

    1977-12-10

    38

    Joyce

    Vermillion

    11/17/2025

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