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Pamela Denise Hansen Hargan

Case from Mc-lean, VA dated Jul 14, 2017

Victim Details

Pamela Denise Hansen Hargan

Female

White / Caucasian

Mc-lean

VA

2017-07-14

63

Pamela

Denise Hansen Hargan

07/11/2026

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In a quiet, affluent McLean, Virginia neighborhood, the lives of the Hargan family were irrevocably shattered on a summer day in July 2017. Pamela Denise Hansen Hargan, a 63-year-old woman, was found dead in her home from a gunshot wound. The initial assessment by law enforcement pointed towards a grim domestic tragedy: a murder-suicide. It was believed that Pamela's youngest daughter, 23-year-old Helen Hargan, had shot her mother before turning the gun on herself.

However, as detectives ...
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  • NBC4 Washington: Victim's Boyfriend Gives Emotional Testimony in Murder-Suicide Hoax Trial
  • Who was Pamela Hargan? HR Executive and single mom killed by eldest daughter
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    Just been thinking about how the initial reports had everyone convinced it was a murder-suicide. It'... ...Read More
    05/30/2024
    It’s hard to fathom how this tragedy unfolded. For those of us following the case, Megan Hargan's ... ...Read More
    10/25/2023
    Has anyone else been thinking about the role of financial stress in the Hargan case? It's truly unse... ...Read More
    10/18/2023
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